Formulas · Supplement 補益 · Samin Geukil Byeongwonnon (三因極一病源論)

Astragalus and Poria-with-Wood Decoction

Hwanggiboksin-tang

한글 황기복신탕 · Pinyin Huang Qi Fu Shen Tang

黃芪茯神湯

Composition 構成

Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

4 g
Chief 君

1 jeon
Boksin Fu Shen
茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood

4 g
Chief 君

1 jeon
Wonji Yuan Zhi
遠志 원지 · Polygala

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 jeon
Jahageo Zi He Che
紫河車 자하거 · Placenta (historical)

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 jeon
Sanjoin Suan Zao Ren
酸棗仁 산조인 · Sour Jujube Seed

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 jeon, stir-fried
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

3 slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

2 jujubes

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

For the gye years, when the fire circuit is insufficient and cold travels abroad
Supplements the heart qi and quiets the spirit in chest pain with clouding

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cold overrunning an insufficient heart — chest pain radiating to the inner arms
Clouding with oppression, heart pain and sudden loss of voice

Biomedical correlates

Angina pectoris — historical treatment

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

黃芪ㆍ茯神ㆍ遠志ㆍ紫河車ㆍ酸棗仁(炒) 各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片ㆍ棗二枚, 水煎服. 《三因》

Translation

Astragalus, poria-with-wood, polygala, placenta and sour jujube kernel (stir-fried), 1 jeon each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and two jujubes, decoct in water and take. — Samin 三因 (Donguibogam · Cheonjiungi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The formula for the gye years, where the fire circuit is insufficient. Five medicinals, all of them heart-supplementing or spirit-quieting, with nothing cold in it — which is right for the picture the chronogram gives, chest pain radiating to the inner arms with clouding and a lost voice. That picture is angina, and a formula aimed at supporting rather than clearing is at least pointed in the correct direction, though nothing in it treats coronary disease. **Prepared from human placenta. This must not be prepared.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.