Formulas · Tonify Yang 補陽 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)
Cinnamon Twig and Aconite Decoction
Gyejibuja-tang
한글 계지부자탕 · Pinyin Gui Zhi Fu Zi Tang
The Wikisource transcription has 隧漏 for 遂漏; restored from the Shanghan Lun.
Composition 構成
- Gyeji桂枝 계지 · Cinnamon Twig12 g
Chief 君 - Buja附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite12 g
Chief 君blast-fried (炮) · toxic
- Baekjakyak白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony8 g
Deputy 臣 - Saenggang生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger10 g
Envoy 使 - Daejo大棗 대조 · Jujube8 g
Envoy 使 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice4 g
Envoy 使mix-fried (灸)
Total 54 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 cold damage with excessive sweating
- the leaking not stopping
- and the four limbs cramped so they bend and stretch with difficulty
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Yang collapse after over-sweating — leaking sweat
- cramped limbs
Biomedical correlates
- Dehydration and collapse after excessive diaphoresis
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治傷寒發汗過多, 遂漏不止, 四肢拘急, 難以屈伸. 桂枝ㆍ附子(炮) 各三錢, 白芍藥 二錢, 甘草(灸) 一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑 五片, 棗 二枚, 水煎服之. 《入門》
Translation
Treats cold damage in which too much sweating has been induced, so that the leaking does not stop and the four limbs are cramped and hard to bend and stretch. Cinnamon twig and aconite (blast-fried) 3 don each; white peony 2 don; licorice (mix-fried) 1 don. Cut up, make one packet, and decoct in water with 5 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Jinaek)