Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Uihak Jeongjeon (醫學正傳)

Tangerine Peel and Licorice Powder

Gyulgam-san

한글 귤감산 · Pinyin Ju Gan San

橘甘散

The name says 散, a powder, while the method makes pills; the Bogam prints both as they stand.

Composition 構成

Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

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Chief 君

equal part
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Chief 君

equal part, baked dry
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

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Deputy 臣

equal part, dry-fried

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 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 qi cough and phlegm cough
Very effective

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi cough with phlegm

Biomedical correlates

Chronic cough with sputum

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣嗽ㆍ痰嗽甚效. 橘皮ㆍ生薑(焙乾)ㆍ神麴(炒) 各等分. 右爲末, 溫水和丸梧子大, 米飮下五七十丸, 日再. 《正傳》

Translation

Treats qi cough and phlegm cough very effectively. Tangerine peel, fresh ginger baked dry, and dry-fried medicated leaven, in equal parts. Grind to a powder, make pills the size of a paulownia seed with warm water, and give fifty to seventy down with rice water, twice a day. — Uihak Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The same three materials as Gyulgang-hwan in equal parts, with the leaven dry-fried and counted as a drug rather than used only as paste. Nothing in it is strong, and that is the point: it is a formula for a cough that has gone on long enough that the patient will be taking it twice a day for weeks. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.