Formulas · Stabilize & Astringe 固澀 · Dansim (丹心)

Secure the Intestines Decoction

Gojang-tang

한글 고장탕 · Pinyin Gu Chang Tang

固腸湯

Composition 構成

Aengsokgak Ying Su Ke
罌粟殼 앵속각 · Opium Poppy Capsule (controlled)

8 g
Chief 君

vinegar stir-fried · narcotic
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

1.2 g
Chief 君
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

6 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

3 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gaja He Zi
訶子 가자 · Chebula

2 g
Assistant 佐
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

2 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

3 g
Envoy 使

roasted

Total 28.4 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 red and white dysentery

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Chronic dysentery with vacuity and unchecked stool

Biomedical correlates

Chronic dysentery
Chronic colitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治赤白痢. 鸎粟殼(醋炒) 二錢, 白芍藥一錢半, 當歸ㆍ甘草(灸) 各七分半, 陳皮ㆍ訶子ㆍ乾薑各五分, 人參ㆍ木香各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 空心, 水煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats red and white dysentery. Vinegar-stir-fried poppy husk, 2 don; white peony, 1.5 don; tangkuei and roasted licorice, 7 fun 5 ri each; tangerine peel, chebula and dried ginger, 5 fun each; ginseng and costus root, 3 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, and decoct in water on an empty stomach. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Poppy husk at the head in twice the dose of anything else, which makes the formula's intention plain: this is for a dysentery that has gone on until the frequency itself is the illness. The rest — peony, tangkuei, licorice, a little ginseng — nourishes and relaxes around it. Vinegar stir-frying of the husk is the standard preparation, and the next formula is the same idea in the tradition's most famous version. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.