Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Sanghallon (傷寒論)

Magnolia Bark, Ginger, Pinellia, Licorice, and Ginseng Decoction

Hubaksaenggangbanhagamchoinsam-tang

한글 후박생강반하감초인삼탕 · Pinyin Hou Po Sheng Jiang Ban Xia Gan Cao Ren Shen Tang

厚朴生薑半夏甘草人參湯

Composition 構成

Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

12 g
Chief 君
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

12 g
Chief 君
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

8 g
Deputy 臣
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

6 g
Assistant 佐
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Assistant 佐

Total 40 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

Moves Qi and disperses fullness
Warms the middle and supports a deficient Spleen

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Abdominal distention after damage to Spleen Qi
Bloating that is worse after purging or sweating
Fullness with underlying deficiency — distended yet tired

Biomedical correlates

Post-illness and post-antibiotic bloating
Functional abdominal distention
Bloating in deficient constitutions

Clinical commentary 臨床

The famous three-to-one architecture — moving herbs at triple the dose of tonics, for the belly that is seventy percent stuck and thirty percent weak. A dosing lesson quoted in every formula classroom. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.