Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Flowery Canopy Powder

Hwagae-san

한글 화개산 · Pinyin Hua Gai San

華盖散

Composition 構成

Mahwang Ma Huang
麻黃 마황 · Ephedra

8 g
Chief 君
Soja Zi Su Zi
蘇子 자소자 · Perilla Seed

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

4 g
Deputy 臣
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbongnyeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

honey-roasted
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 cold evil contracted in the lung, with cough and qi rising, a stopped nose and a heavy voice

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cold evil in the lung with qi rising
Nasal obstruction with a heavy voice

Biomedical correlates

Acute bronchitis with upper airway obstruction

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治肺感寒邪, 咳嗽上氣, 鼻塞聲重. 麻黃二錢, 赤茯苓ㆍ蘇子ㆍ陳皮ㆍ桑白皮ㆍ杏仁各一錢, 甘草(灸) 五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片ㆍ棗二枚, 水煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats cold evil contracted in the lung, with cough and qi rising, a stopped nose and a heavy voice. Ephedra, 2 don; red poria, perilla seed, tangerine peel, mulberry root bark and apricot kernel, 1 don each; honey-roasted licorice, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and two jujubes, and decoct in water. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

華盖, the flowery canopy, is the lung — the canopy spread over the other viscera — and the name says what the formula is addressed to. Ephedra at double weight leads, with the whole of the rest of the formula aimed downward: perilla seed, mulberry root bark and apricot kernel for the qi that is rising, tangerine peel and poria for the phlegm and the water behind it. 鼻塞聲重 — a stopped nose and a heavy voice — is the pair of signs this chapter uses for cold in the lung rather than heat, and the three formulas that carry it (this, Samyo-tang and Insamyunpye-tang) are all ephedra formulas. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.