Scutellaria and Peony Decoction

Hwanggeum-jakyak-tang

한글 황금작약탕 · Pinyin Huang Qin Shao Yao Tang

黃芩芍藥湯

The Bogam notes the alternative name 黃芩湯.

Composition 構成

Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

8 g
Chief 君
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

8 g
Chief 君
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

cassia heartwood; added when the abdominal pain is severe
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 21.2 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

Treats a dysentery of pus and blood with fever and abdominal pain
Treats a surging rapid pulse

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Damp heat in the intestines with fever and cramping
Heat dysentery

Biomedical correlates

Bacillary dysentery
Acute colitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治下痢膿血, 身熱腹痛, 脉洪數. 黃芩ㆍ白芍藥各二錢, 甘草一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 腹痛甚, 加桂心三分. 《丹心》 ○一名黃芩湯.

Translation

Treats a dysentery of pus and blood with fever and abdominal pain and a surging rapid pulse. Scutellaria and white peony, 2 don each; licorice, 1 don. Cut up, make one packet and decoct in water. If the abdominal pain is severe, add 3 fun of cassia heartwood. Also called Hwanggeum-tang. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The Shanghanlun's Scutellaria Decoction, here under its fuller name, and the parent of every dysentery formula in this section — Jakyak-tang and the rest are built on these three drugs. Scutellaria for the heat, peony for the cramping pain, licorice to harmonize; and a little cassia heartwood when the pain is severe, which is the formula's one concession to the fact that a cold prescription can make a spasm worse. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.