Mallow Seed Decoction

Gyuja-tang

한글 규자탕 · Pinyin Kui Zi Tang

葵子湯

Composition 構成

Donggyuja Dong Kui Zi
冬葵子 동규자 · Mallow Seed

4 g
Chief 君

葵子
Gumaek Qu Mai
瞿麥 구맥 · Dianthus

4 g
Chief 君
Hwalseok Hua Shi
滑石 활석 · Talc

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeoryeong Zhu Ling
猪苓 저령 · Polyporus

4 g
Deputy 臣
Moktong Mu Tong
木通 목통 · Akebia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

4 g
Deputy 臣
Chajeonja Che Qian Zi
車前子 차전자 · Plantago Seed

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jisil Zhi Shi
枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange

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

10 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 50 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 bladder replete heat with urine that does not pass

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Bladder replete heat — retention of urine

Biomedical correlates

Acute urinary retention with heat signs, Cystitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治膀胱實熱, 小便不通. 葵子ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ猪苓ㆍ枳實ㆍ瞿麥ㆍ滑石ㆍ木通ㆍ黃芩ㆍ車前子ㆍ甘草各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑五片, 同煎服. 《濟生》

Translation

Treats bladder replete heat with urine that does not pass. Mallow seed, red poria, polyporus, immature bitter orange, dianthus, talc, akebia, scutellaria, plantain seed and licorice 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger and decoct together. — Jesaeng 濟生 (Donguibogam · Banggwang)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Mallow seed, the slipperiest thing in the materia medica, at the head of nine more that open the water — the Urine chapter's whole armoury for retention in one decoction. Immature bitter orange is the one that moves qi rather than water, on the reasoning that a bladder that will not open is a qi that will not descend. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.