Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Onbyeongjobyeon (溫病條辨)

Apricot Kernel and Perilla Powder

Haengso-san

한글 행소산 · Pinyin Xing Su San

杏蘇散

Composition 構成

Soyeop Zi Su Ye
蘇葉 소엽 · Perilla Leaf

6 g
Chief 君
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

6 g
Chief 君
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

6 g
Deputy 臣
Jeonho Qian Hu
前胡 전호 · Peucedanum

6 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

6 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

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

4 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

2 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

Gently disperses cool dryness
Disseminates the Lung and transforms thin phlegm

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cool-dryness fettering the Lung in autumn
Dry-ish cough with scant sputum slight chills and no sweat

Biomedical correlates

Autumn dry-weather coughs
Mild colds with unproductive cough

Clinical commentary 臨床

The warm-disease school's autumn formula — for the season when the air turns cool and dry together and the cough is tight rather than wet. Distinct from the Donguibogam's Haengso-tang, its Korean cousin on this site. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.