Formulas · Harmonize 和解 · Sanghallon (傷寒論)

Coptis Decoction

Hwangryeon-tang

한글 황련탕 · Pinyin Huang Lian Tang

黃連湯

Composition 構成

Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

6 g
Chief 君
Gyeji Gui Zhi
桂枝 계지 · Cinnamon Twig

6 g
Deputy 臣
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

6 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

6 g
Assistant 佐
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

6 g
Envoy 使
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 38 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Clears heat above and warms cold below
Harmonizes the Stomach and directs rebellion downward

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Heat in the chest with cold in the Stomach
Chest vexation with abdominal pain and urge to vomit

Biomedical correlates

Gastritis with mixed heat-cold presentation
Nausea with epigastric pain
Reflux with cold intolerance

Clinical commentary 臨床

Banhasasim-tang's cousin with Gyeji in place of Hwanggeum — the same upper-heat-lower-cold knot, but with pain and a chest that needs the cinnamon's opening. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.