Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Resolve Depression and Regulate the Stomach Decoction

Haeuljowi-tang

한글 해울조위탕 · Pinyin Jie Yu Tiao Wei Tang

解鬱調胃湯

Composition 構成

Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

4.8 g
Chief 君 salt-water fried (鹽水炒)
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4.8 g
Deputy 臣 wine-washed (酒洗)
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

3.2 g
Assistant 佐 wine-steeped (酒浸)
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

3.2 g
Assistant 佐 dried fresh rehmannia (生乾地黃), wine-washed and ginger-juice fried
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

3.2 g
Assistant 佐香附米
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

2.8 g
Assistant 佐 stir-fried (炒)
Maega Mai Ya
麥芽 맥아 · Barley Sprout

2.8 g
Assistant 佐 stir-fried (炒)
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2.4 g
Assistant 佐
Doin Tao Ren
桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel

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

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.6 g
Envoy 使 raw (生)

Total 48.4 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

Clears fire in the qi aspect pent up in the centre
Quickens the blood and relieves stabbing pain
Harmonizes the stomach

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Fire of the qi aspect obstructed in the centre with intermittent stabbing pain
Damage from anger
worry and excessive thought

Biomedical correlates

Stress-related epigastric pain
Functional dyspepsia with a burning quality

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣分之火, 壅遏於中, 時作刺痛. 皆由怒憂思慮, 勞心所致也. 梔子(鹽水炒)ㆍ當歸(酒洗) 各一錢二分, 白朮ㆍ陳皮ㆍ白茯苓各一錢, 赤芍藥(酒浸)ㆍ生乾地黃(酒洗薑汁炒)ㆍ香附米各八分, 神麴(炒)ㆍ麥芽(炒) 各七分, 川芎六分, 桃仁ㆍ(生)甘草各四分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三片, 水煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats fire of the qi aspect obstructed and pent up in the centre, with stabbing pain arising from time to time. All of it comes from anger, worry and excessive thought, and from taxing the heart. Gardenia (salt-water fried) and angelica (wine-washed) 1 don 2 pun each; white atractylodes, tangerine peel and white poria 1 don each; red peony (wine-steeped), dried fresh rehmannia (wine-washed and ginger-juice fried) and cyperus 8 pun each; medicated leaven (stir-fried) and barley sprout (stir-fried) 7 pun each; chuanxiong 6 pun; peach kernel and raw licorice 4 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Jeokchwi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The aetiology is stated before the formula and is unusually specific: anger, worry, excessive thought, and taxing the heart. What follows is not a qi formula but a blood one — angelica at the head alongside gardenia, with red peony, rehmannia, chuanxiong and peach kernel behind them. The reasoning is that fire pent up in the qi aspect long enough draws the blood in, and that the stabbing quality of the pain is the sign of it. Stabbing pain is the classical marker of static blood, and the formula reads the symptom rather than the category. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.