Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Donguibogam · Sogal (東垣)
Harmonize the Blood and Boost the Qi Decoction
Hwahyeolikgi-tang
한글 화혈익기탕 · Pinyin He Xue Yi Qi Tang
Composition 構成
- Hwangbaek黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron4 g
Chief 君 wine-washed - Seungma升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga4 g
Deputy 臣 - Saengjihwang生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia3.2 g
Deputy 臣 wine-washed - Hwangryeon黃連 황련 · Coptis3.2 g
Deputy 臣 wine-washed - Seokgo石膏 석고 · Gypsum2.4 g
Deputy 臣 - Jimo知母 지모 · Anemarrhena2 g
Deputy 臣 - Haengin杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel2.4 g
Assistant 佐 - Doin桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel2.4 g
Assistant 佐 - Bangi防己 방기 · Sinomenium2 g
Assistant 佐 - Ganghwal羌活 강활 · Notopterygium2 g
Assistant 佐 - Danggui當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica1.6 g
Assistant 佐 tail (當歸梢) - Siho柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum1.2 g
Assistant 佐 - Mahwanggeun麻黃根 마황근 · Ephedra Root1.2 g
Assistant 佐 - Honghwa紅花 홍화 · Safflower0.4 g
Assistant 佐 small amount (少許) - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice1.2 g
Envoy 使 raw - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice1.2 g
Envoy 使 roasted
Total 34.4 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
- Drains damp-heat and latent fire from the lower and middle burners
- Harmonizes the Blood and secures the exterior in wasting patterns
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Wasting-thirst (消渴) with frequent urination
- Red vessels visible on the tongue with a withering thin body
- Blood-level latent fire with damp-heat — Dongwon's complex wasting presentation
Biomedical correlates
- Polyuria-dominant presentations with weight loss
- Long-standing diabetes with mixed heat and depletion signs
- Night sweats or spontaneous sweating in wasting illness
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治消渴, 小便數, 舌上赤脉, 肌體枯瘦. 黃柏(酒洗)ㆍ升麻 各一錢, 生地黃(酒洗)ㆍ黃連(酒洗) 各八分, 石膏ㆍ杏仁ㆍ桃仁 各六分, 知母ㆍ防己ㆍ羌活 各五分, 當歸梢 四分, 柴胡ㆍ麻黃根ㆍ(生)甘草ㆍ(灸)甘草 各三分, 紅花少許. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《東垣》
Translation
Treats wasting-thirst with frequent urination, red vessels on the tongue, and a withering thin body. Wine-washed phellodendron and cimicifuga, 1 don each; wine-washed raw rehmannia and wine-washed coptis, 0.8 don each; gypsum, apricot kernel, and peach kernel, 0.6 don each; anemarrhena, stephania, and notopterygium, 0.5 don each; angelica tail 0.4 don; bupleurum, ephedra root, raw licorice, and roasted licorice, 0.3 don each; carthamus a small amount. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Sogal)