Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Dongwon (東垣)

Magnolia Bark Decoction for Vacuity Cold

Hubak-tang

한글 후박탕 (허한) · Pinyin Hou Po Tang

厚朴湯

Composition 構成

Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

8 g
Chief 君

2 don
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

8 g
Chief 君

2 don
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

4 g
Deputy 臣
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

4 g
Deputy 臣

blast-fried (炮)
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸)

Total 28 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats vacuity cold with the heart and abdomen full and painful

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Vacuity cold — fullness and pain

Biomedical correlates

Functional dyspepsia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治虛寒心腹滿痛. 厚朴ㆍ陳皮各二錢, 赤茯苓ㆍ乾薑(炮)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各一錢. 右剉, 水煎服之. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats vacuity cold with the heart and abdomen full and painful. Magnolia bark and tangerine peel 2 don each; red poria, dried ginger (blast-fried) and licorice (mix-fried) 1 don each. Cut up, decoct in water and take. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Hyung)