Formulas · Stop Cough & Wheeze 止咳平喘 · Taepyeong Hyemin Hwaje Gukbang (太平惠民和劑局方)

Apricot Kernel and Ginseng Powder

Haengsam-san

한글 행삼산 · Pinyin Xing Shen San

杏參散

The second of two formulas named 杏參散 in this chapter; the Immun's thirteen-drug formula for panting after injury is registered as haengsam-san. The chapter names this one first among its general formulas for panting and cough at 3.10.

Composition 構成

Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

6 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

6 g
Chief 君
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

6 g
Deputy 臣
Doin Tao Ren
桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel

6 g
Deputy 臣
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two fruits

Total 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 cough and urgent panting generally

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cough with panting, phlegm and static blood in the lung

Biomedical correlates

Cough with wheeze

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

通治咳嗽喘急. 杏仁ㆍ人參ㆍ桑白皮ㆍ桃仁各一錢半. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三ㆍ棗二, 煎服. 《局方》

Translation

Treats cough and urgent panting generally. Apricot kernel, ginseng, mulberry root bark and peach kernel, 1 don 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and two jujubes, decoct and take. — Gukbang 局方 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four drugs in equal weight and the chapter's first choice for panting and cough without a cause attached. The pairing of apricot kernel with peach kernel is the thing to notice: both are oily seeds that bring the qi down, but peach kernel moves blood, so the formula assumes that a long cough has left stasis in the chest. Mulberry root bark drains the lung and ginseng holds the qi while the other three work downward. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.