Formulas · Dispel Wind-Damp 祛風濕 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Relieve Impediment Decoction

Gyeonbi-tang

한글 견비탕 · Pinyin Juan Bi Tang

蠲痺湯

The definition of 冷痺 given in the entry is quoted from an unnamed source with 一云.

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

6 g
Chief 君
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

6 g
Chief 君
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

6 g
Deputy 臣
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

6 g
Deputy 臣
Ganghwang Jiang Huang
薑黃 강황 · Turmeric

6 g
Deputy 臣
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

6 g
Deputy 臣
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

five slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two fruits

Total 38 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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 impediment of the hands
Treats the severe cold impediment with a cold body without fever and heavy sinking loins and legs

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cold impediment with a cold body and heavy limbs
Wind cold damp with qi and blood vacuity

Biomedical correlates

Raynaud phenomenon
Cold-sensitive arthropathy

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治手冷痺. 一云, 冷痺者, 身寒不熱ㆍ腰脚沉重, 卽寒痺之甚者. 當歸ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ黃芪ㆍ防風ㆍ薑黃ㆍ羌活各一錢半, 甘草五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑五片, 棗二枚, 水煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats cold impediment of the hands. It is also said: cold impediment is a cold body without fever and loins and legs heavy and sinking — that is, severe cold impediment. Tangkuei, red peony, astragalus, saposhnikovia, turmeric and notopterygium, 1 don 5 fun each; licorice, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add five slices of ginger and two jujubes, and decoct in water. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Astragalus and tangkuei with four moving drugs, which is the classical construction for a limb that is cold because nothing is reaching it. Turmeric and red peony move the blood, saposhnikovia and notopterygium open the way, and astragalus pushes. For cold hands in a depleted patient — Raynaud's, or simply the chronically underperfused extremity — this remains a sensible small formula and the definition it quotes, a cold body without fever and heavy sinking legs, is a recognizable clinical picture. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.