Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Sanghallon (傷寒論)
Scutellaria Decoction
Hwanggeum-tang
한글 황금탕 · Pinyin Huang Qin Tang
黃芩湯
Composition 構成
- Hwanggeum黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria8 g
Chief 君 - Baekjakyak白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony6 g
Deputy 臣 - Daejo大棗 대조 · Jujube4 g
Assistant 佐 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice4 g
Envoy 使
Total 22 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 heat and stops dysenteric diarrhea
- Harmonizes the interior and relieves abdominal pain
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Shaoyang-Taiyang combined disease pouring into the intestines
- Hot diarrhea with abdominal pain
- Fever with burning defecation
Biomedical correlates
- Acute inflammatory diarrhea
- Dysentery-pattern presentations
- Chemotherapy-associated diarrhea (a modern research focus)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Called the ancestor of all dysentery formulas — heat cleared while Baekjakyak eases the cramping gut. Its modern renaissance as the research compound PHY906, studied alongside chemotherapy, is a remarkable second life for a 1,800-year-old prescription. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.