Tangerine Peel Decoction

Gyulpi-tang

한글 귤피탕 · Pinyin Ju Pi Tang

橘皮湯

Composition 構成

Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

12 g
Chief 君橘皮
Jukyeo Zhu Ru
竹茹 죽여 · Bamboo Shavings

4 g
Deputy 臣 green (靑竹茹)
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

4 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

4 g
Envoy 使 2 pieces

Total 30 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Settles vacuity vexation with peel and shavings
Harmonizes the stomach so the restless heat has somewhere to sit

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Vacuity vexation (虛煩)
Restless empty heat after illness
The gentlest member of the vexation shelf

Biomedical correlates

Post-illness restlessness with mild nausea
Convalescent agitation
Gentle settling therapy

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治虛煩. 橘皮三錢, 靑竹茹ㆍ甘草各一錢, 人參五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三棗二, 煎服. 《活人》

Translation

Treats vacuity vexation. Tangerine peel 3 don; green bamboo shavings and licorice, 1 don each; ginseng 0.5 don. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct and take. — Hwalin 活人 (Donguibogam · Hwa)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Vacuity vexation's smallest answer — tangerine peel righting the stomach's direction, green bamboo shavings cooling the flutter, a half-measure of ginseng underneath. For the restlessness that is not fire so much as an empty room the Qi keeps pacing. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.