Golden Yellow Decoction

Geumhwang-tang

한글 금황탕 · Pinyin Jin Huang Tang

金黃湯

Composition 構成

Ulgeum Yu Jin
鬱金 울금 · Curcuma Tuber

20 g
Chief 君
Gumaek Qu Mai
瞿麥 구맥 · Dianthus

20 g
Chief 君
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

20 g
Deputy 臣

生乾地黃
Chajeonja Che Qian Zi
車前子 차전자 · Plantago Seed

20 g
Deputy 臣
Hwalseok Hua Shi
滑石 활석 · Talc

20 g
Deputy 臣
Mangcho Mang Xiao
芒硝 망초 · Mirabilite

20 g
Assistant 佐

Total 120 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.

Actions 效能

Treats blood in the urine with the water passage rough and painful

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood in the urine
the passage rough and painful

Biomedical correlates

Haematuria

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治小便出血, 水道澁痛. 鬱金ㆍ瞿麥ㆍ生乾地黃ㆍ車前子ㆍ滑石ㆍ芒硝各五錢. 右爲麤末, 每取五錢, 空心水煎服. 《類聚》

Translation

Treats blood coming out with the urine, the water passage rough and painful. Curcuma, dianthus, dried fresh rehmannia, plantain seed, talc and mirabilite 5 don each. Grind coarse and take 5 don at a time, decocted in water on an empty stomach. — Yuchwi 類聚 (Donguibogam · Sobyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Named for the curcuma at its head — 金黃, golden yellow. Curcuma is the one medicinal in the blood-strangury formulas that moves stasis rather than cooling, and mirabilite opens the way for it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.