Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Astragalus and Ginseng Decoction

Hwanggi-insam-tang

한글 황기인삼탕 · Pinyin Huang Qi Ren Shen Tang

黃芪人參湯

A modification of 補中益氣湯, cross-referenced to the Internal Damage chapter; the base weights are carried over from the parent formula.

Composition 構成

Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

6 g
Chief 君

as in the base formula
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君

as in the base formula
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Deputy 臣

as in the base formula
Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Atractylodes Lancea

4 g
Deputy 臣
Danggwi Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2 g
Deputy 臣

as in the base formula
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2 g
Assistant 佐

as in the base formula
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

2 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

—
Assistant 佐

fifteen fruits
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

as in the base formula
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

1.2 g
Envoy 使

as in the base formula
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

1.2 g
Envoy 使

as in the base formula

Total 31.6 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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 the spirit insufficient in the summer months with the legs wilting and weak
vexing heat
retching and nausea
night sweating and headache
Supplements the central qi injured by heat in the lung

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Summerheat injuring the lung qi with wilting legs
Central qi vacuity with damp heat in summer

Biomedical correlates

Heat exhaustion with weakness
Summer fatigue syndrome

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治暑月精神不足ㆍ兩脚痿軟ㆍ煩熱ㆍ嘔噦ㆍ盜汗ㆍ頭痛, 皆熱傷肺氣也. 卽<a href='/formulas/bojungikgi-tang'>補中益氣湯</a>《方見內傷》加蒼朮一錢, 神麴五分, 黃栢三分, 五味子十五粒也. 《入門》

Translation

Treats the spirit insufficient in the summer months, both legs wilting and weak, vexing heat, retching and nausea, night sweating and headache — all of them heat injuring the lung qi. That is, Bojungikgi-tang with 1 don of atractylodes lancea, 5 fun of medicated leaven, 3 fun of phellodendron and fifteen schisandra fruits added. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Seo)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Li Dongyuan's central-qi formula adapted for the summer, and the four additions are each doing identifiable work: atractylodes lancea for the damp that heat brings with it in a humid season, medicated leaven for the appetite, phellodendron for the heat that has gone to the legs, schisandra to gather in the sweat. The symptom list — spirit insufficient, legs wilting, night sweats, headache in high summer — is the picture of a depleted person in a heat wave, and it is closer to clinical reality than most of the chapter's descriptions. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.