Formulas · Tonify Yang 補陽 · Jesaeng (濟生)
Astragalus and Aconite Decoction
Gibu-tang
한글 기부탕 · Pinyin Qi Fu Tang
芪附湯
Composition 構成
- Hwanggi黃芪 황기 · Astragalus10 g
Chief 君honey-fried (蜜炒)
- Buja附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite10 g
Chief 君blast-fried (炮) · toxic
- Saenggang生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger6 g
Envoy 使
Total 26 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Treats spontaneous sweating from qi vacuity
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Qi vacuity with spontaneous sweating
Biomedical correlates
- Hyperhidrosis with cold and fatigue
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治氣虛自汗. 黃芪(蜜炒)ㆍ附子(炮) 各二錢半. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑 三片, 水煎服. 《濟生》
Translation
Treats spontaneous sweating from qi vacuity. Astragalus (honey-fried) and aconite (blast-fried) 2 don 5 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, and decoct in water with 3 slices of ginger. — Jesaeng 濟生 (Donguibogam · Jinaek)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Sambu-tang with astragalus in place of ginseng: ginseng for the qi within, astragalus for the defence at the surface. The Jesaeng prints the three — ginseng, astragalus and cinnamon each with aconite — as one set, and the chapter sorts sweating by which one it needs.
**Contains aconite, which is toxic.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.