Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)
Ligusticum and Atractylodes Decoction
Gochang-tang
한글 고창탕 · Pinyin Gao Cang Tang
藁蒼湯
Composition 構成
Total 60 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Taken after Boiled Yellow Pill
- to cut the root
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Residual evil after purging
Biomedical correlates
- Convalescence after purgation
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
服煮黃丸後服此斷根. 藁本 五錢, 蒼朮 一兩. 右剉, 每五錢, 水煎服. 《入門》
Translation
Taken after Boiled Yellow Pill, to cut the root. Ligusticum 5 don; atractylodes lancea 1 nyang. Cut up and take 5 don at a time decocted in water. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Hyung)
Clinical commentary 臨床
A two-medicinal follow-on after a violent purge. The chapter's habit of pairing a strong measure with a mild one to finish is the same arrangement as the Ear chapter's seven-day course. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.