Patchouli Quiet the Stomach Powder

Gwakhyanganwi-san

한글 곽향안위산 · Pinyin Huo Xiang An Wei San

藿香安胃散

Composition 構成

Gyulhong Ju Hong
橘紅 귤홍 · Red Tangerine Peel

20 g
Chief 君
Gwakhyang Huo Xiang
藿香 곽향 · Korean Mint

10 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

10 g
Deputy 臣
Jeonghyang Ding Xiang
丁香 정향 · Clove

10 g
Deputy 臣
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

three slices, decocted with each dose

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats vacuity and weakness of the spleen and stomach
with vomiting of food before it has been ripened

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen and stomach vacuity with undigested vomit

Biomedical correlates

Delayed gastric emptying with vomiting of undigested food

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治脾胃虛弱, 嘔吐飮食不待腐熟. 橘紅五錢, 人參ㆍ丁香ㆍ藿香各二錢半. 右爲末, 每取二錢, 薑三片同煎, 溫服. 《寶鑑》

Translation

Treats vacuity and weakness of the spleen and stomach, with food and drink vomited up before they have been ripened. Red tangerine peel, 5 don; ginseng, clove and patchouli, 2 don 5 fun each. Grind to a powder; take 2 don each time, decocted with three slices of ginger, and give warm. — Bogam 寶鑑 (Donguibogam · Guto)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four drugs, two aromatic and two warming, given as a powder decocted fresh with ginger each time. 飮食不待腐熟 — food vomited before it has been ripened — is the classical description of bringing up a meal undigested, which is what the formula is for and what distinguishes it from the heat formulas, where what comes up is sour or bitter. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.