Formulas · Harmonize 和解 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Yellow Dragon Decoction

Hwangryong-tang

한글 황룡탕 · Pinyin Huang Long Tang

黃龍湯

Cut and made into one packet, decocted in water and taken warm. Note on modern practice: fever or chills in pregnancy require prompt obstetric evaluation.

Composition 構成

Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

16 g
Chief 君
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

4 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 28 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

Harmonizes the alternating chills and fever a pregnant woman has contracted
Courses the hinge without touching the pregnancy

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

A pregnant woman contracting cold
with chills and fever like malaria (孕婦感寒寒熱如瘧)
Alternating chills and fever in gestation
Lingering febrile illness in pregnancy

Biomedical correlates

Febrile illness with alternating chills in pregnancy — historical management
Lingering infection in gestation
Supportive care

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治孕婦感寒, 寒熱如瘧. 柴胡四錢, 黃芩ㆍ人參ㆍ甘草各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎溫服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats a pregnant woman who has contracted cold, with chills and fever like malaria. Bupleurum 4 don; scutellaria, ginseng, and licorice, 1 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take warm. — Deukhyo 得效 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Minor Bupleurum with the pinellia and ginger removed — which is precisely the adaptation a pregnant patient calls for, since those are the warming, downward-moving members of the original. What remains is the hinge-coursing core at four don of bupleurum: enough to open the alternating pattern, with nothing left in it that pushes. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.