Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Injae Jikji (仁齋直指方)

Chuanxiong and Pinellia Decoction

Gungha-tang

한글 궁하탕 · Pinyin Xiong Xia Tang

芎夏湯

Composition 構成

Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Chief 君
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Chief 君 processed (製)
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

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

2 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

1 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

10 g
Envoy 使 5 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1 g
Envoy 使 mix-fried (灸)

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

Drives out water and frees retained rheum
Moves the blood and courses the qi

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Retained rheum with pain in the joints of the four limbs
Shortness of breath with sunken pulse
Long-standing rheum threatening epilepsy

Biomedical correlates

Fluid retention with joint pain
Chronic effusions

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

逐水, 利飮通用. 川芎ㆍ半夏(製)ㆍ赤茯苓各一錢, 陳皮ㆍ靑皮ㆍ枳殼各五分, 白朮ㆍ甘草(灸) 各二分半. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑五片, 水煎服. 《直指》

Translation

For driving out water and freeing rheum, in general use. Chuanxiong, pinellia (processed) and red poria 1 don each; tangerine peel, green tangerine peel and bitter orange 5 pun each; white atractylodes and licorice (mix-fried) 2.5 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Injae Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Damum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Chuanxiong at chief rank is what distinguishes this from the other general-use formulas — a blood medicinal leading a rheum formula. The chapter recommends it for retained rheum with pain through the joints of the limbs, and the reasoning is that rheum which has sat long enough to reach the joints has drawn the blood into the problem. Retained rheum left long enough, the same passage warns, dislocates the joints and may turn to epilepsy. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.