Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Injae Jikji (仁齋直指方)

Astragalus Ten-Supplement Decoction

Hwanggisipbo-tang

한글 황기십보탕 · Pinyin Huang Qi Shi Bu Tang

黃芪十補湯

Composition 構成

Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

6 g
Chief 君
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Boksin Fu Shen
茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

2 g
Assistant 佐
Sanjoin Suan Zao Ren
酸棗仁 산조인 · Sour Jujube Seed

2 g
Assistant 佐
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

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

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

2 g
Assistant 佐
Oyak Wu Yao
烏藥 오약 · Lindera

2 g
Assistant 佐
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

2 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

0.8 g
Assistant 佐
Chimhyang Chen Xiang
沈香 침향 · Agarwood

0.8 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

4 g
Envoy 使 5 slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

4 g
Envoy 使 2 pieces
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 46.8 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

Supplements vacuity taxation and nourishes Blood and Qi
Quiets the spirit and regulates Qi within a supplementing frame

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Vacuity taxation with Blood and Qi both depleted
Depletion with palpitations and poor sleep (hostwood poria and sour jujube in the frame)
Fatigue with Qi stagnation signs — oppression and poor appetite

Biomedical correlates

Chronic fatigue with anxiety and unrestful sleep
Convalescence with mixed fatigue and mood symptoms
Anemia with palpitations in depleted patients

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

補虛勞, 養血氣. 白芍藥一錢半, 黃芪ㆍ當歸ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ茯神各七分, 人參ㆍ白朮ㆍ酸棗仁ㆍ半夏ㆍ陳皮ㆍ五味子ㆍ肉桂ㆍ烏藥ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ甘草各五分, 木香ㆍ沈香各二分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑五棗二, 水煎服. 《直指》

Translation

Supplements vacuity taxation and nourishes Blood and Qi. White peony 1.5 don; astragalus, Korean angelica, prepared rehmannia, and hostwood poria, 0.7 don each; ginseng, white atractylodes, sour jujube seed, pinellia, tangerine peel, schisandra, cinnamon bark, lindera, ophiopogon, and licorice, 0.5 don each; aucklandia and aquilaria, 0.2 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Heoro)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Ten supplements with two navigators — a whisper of aquilaria and aucklandia keeps this heavy convoy of tonics moving, for the depleted patient whose Qi stalls as fast as it is fed. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.