Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Coptis and Bamboo Shavings Decoction

Hwangnyeonjugyeo-tang

한글 황련죽여탕 · Pinyin Huang Lian Zhu Ru Tang

黃連竹茹湯

Composition 構成

Hwangnyeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

4 g
Chief 君

fried in ginger juice
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

4 g
Chief 君

fried black
Jugyeo Zhu Ru
竹茹 죽여 · Bamboo Shavings

4 g
Chief 君

green bamboo shavings
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

2 g
Deputy 臣
Maengmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

2 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbongnyeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekjagyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

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

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two fruits
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

—
Envoy 使

one fruit

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

Treats stomach heat with vomiting
vexing thirst and a rapid pulse

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Stomach heat with vomiting and thirst
Heat counterflow with fluid damage

Biomedical correlates

Vomiting with fever and dehydration

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治胃熱嘔吐, 煩渴, 脉數. 黃連(薑汁炒)ㆍ梔子(炒黑)ㆍ靑竹茹各一錢, 人參七分, 白朮ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ陳皮ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入棗二ㆍ梅一, 水煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats stomach heat with vomiting, vexing thirst and a rapid pulse. Coptis fried in ginger juice, gardenia fried black and green bamboo shavings, 1 don each; ginseng, 7 fun; white atractylodes, red poria, white peony, tangerine peel, ophiopogon and licorice, 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add two jujubes and one smoked plum, and decoct in water. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Guto)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Three cold drugs at the front at a full don each and everything else at a half or less, which is how the Hoechun writes a formula for heat in a patient who is also depleted: coptis and gardenia for the fire, bamboo shavings for the counterflow, then ginseng, ophiopogon and jujube to put back what the vomiting and thirst have taken. Coptis fried in ginger juice and gardenia fried black are both preparations meant to stop a cold bitter drug from provoking more vomiting, and the smoked plum at the end is there for the same reason — the chapter says at 2.3 that in a heat vomiting one cannot do without it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.