Platycodon and Bitter Orange Decoction

Gilgyeongjigak-tang

한글 길경지각탕 · Pinyin Jie Geng Zhi Qiao Tang

桔梗枳殼湯

Composition 構成

Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

8 g
Chief 君

2 don
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

8 g
Chief 君

2 don
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

10 g
Envoy 使

5 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 30 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 glomus qi with the chest full and not free and vexed oppression near to death
used for cold and heat alike; also divinely effective in cold damage chest bind with the chest so full one feels near death

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Glomus qi — chest fullness with oppression

Biomedical correlates

Chest tightness
Anxiety with chest oppression

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治痞氣, 胸滿不利, 煩悶欲死, 不論寒熱通用. 又傷寒結胸, 胸滿欲死, 服之神效. 桔梗ㆍ枳殼各二錢, 甘草一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑五片, 煎服. 《直指》

Translation

Treats glomus qi with the chest full and not free and vexed oppression near to death, used alike whether the cause is cold or heat. It also treats cold damage chest bind with the chest so full that one feels near death, and taking it is divinely effective. Platycodon and bitter orange 2 don each; licorice 1 don. Cut up, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger and decoct. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Hyung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

不論寒熱通用 — used alike whether the cause is cold or heat, which is rare in this chapter and makes it the one formula to reach for before the cause is settled. Three medicinals, and the Jikji recommends it for the worst of the chest-bind cases too. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.