Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Astragalus and Turtle Shell Powder

Hwanggibyeolgap-san

한글 황기별갑산 · Pinyin Huang Qi Bie Jia San

黃芪鱉甲散

Decocted with 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes.

Composition 構成

Byeolgap Bie Jia
鱉甲 별갑 · Turtle Carapace

4 g
Chief 君
Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

4 g
Chief 君
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

3 g
Deputy 臣
Jigolpi Di Gu Pi
地骨皮 지골피 · Lycium Root Bark

3 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

3 g
Deputy 臣
Jingyo Qin Jiao
秦艽 진교 · Large Gentian

3 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

3 g
Assistant 佐
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

3 g
Assistant 佐
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

3 g
Assistant 佐
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

2 g
Assistant 佐
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jawon Zi Wan
紫菀 자원 · Aster Root

1.6 g
Assistant 佐
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

1.6 g
Assistant 佐
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 41.8 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 steaming heat while supporting Qi and Yin together
Moistens the Lung and transforms phlegm in taxation fever

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

The Jingyobyeolgap pattern — tidal heat night sweats and phlegm cough (治同上)
Steaming bone with Qi vacuity alongside
Consumption-adjacent fever in weaker patients

Biomedical correlates

Chronic low-grade fever with fatigue and cough
Historical consumption presentations in the debilitated
Night sweats with respiratory involvement

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治同上. 鱉甲ㆍ天門冬各一錢, 知母ㆍ地骨皮ㆍ黃芪ㆍ秦芃ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ柴胡各七分半, 桑白皮ㆍ半夏ㆍ甘草各五分, 紫菀ㆍ生地黃各四分, 人參ㆍ肉桂ㆍ桔梗各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三棗二, 煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats the same as the above. Turtle shell and asparagus root, 1 don each; anemarrhena, lycium root bark, astragalus, large gentian, white poria, red peony, and bupleurum, 0.75 don each; mulberry root bark, pinellia, and licorice, 0.5 don each; aster root and raw rehmannia, 0.4 don each; ginseng, cinnamon bark, and platycodon, 0.3 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct and take. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Heoro)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The gentlest of the three turtle-shell powders — astragalus and asparagus root promoted beside the shell, cinnamon shaved to a sliver, built for the consumptive too weak to survive the Jingyo version's outthrust. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.