Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Uibang Yuchwi (醫方類聚)

Cyperus and Pueraria Decoction

Hyanggal-tang

한글 향갈탕 · Pinyin Xiang Ge Tang

香葛湯

Close to 十神湯 with the ephedra dropped and atractylodes lancea put in; the seven fermented soybeans are the Deughyobang's characteristic addition.

Composition 構成

Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Atractylodes Lancea

4 g
Chief 君
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

4 g
Chief 君
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

4 g
Chief 君
Baekjagyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

4 g
Deputy 臣
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2 g
Deputy 臣
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

three slices
Chongbaek Cong Bai
蔥白 총백 · Scallion White

—
Envoy 使

two stalks
Damdusi Dan Dou Chi
淡豆豉 담두시 · Prepared Soybean

—
Envoy 使

seven beans

Total 34 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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

Treats cold damage with headache and chills and fever whether the pattern is yin or yang or doubly affected
Lifts and releases from the exterior

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind cold at the surface of undetermined channel
Exterior pattern with headache and chills

Biomedical correlates

Influenza
Upper respiratory infection

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治傷寒不問陰陽ㆍ兩感, 頭痛ㆍ寒熱. 蒼朮ㆍ紫蘇葉ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ香附子ㆍ升麻ㆍ乾葛ㆍ陳皮各一錢, 川芎ㆍ白芷ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 葱白二莖, 豉七粒, 水煎服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats cold damage, whether the pattern be yin or yang or doubly affected, with headache and chills and fever. Atractylodes lancea, perilla leaf, white peony, cyperus, cimicifuga, pueraria and tangerine peel, 1 don each; chuanxiong, angelica dahurica and licorice, 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger, two stalks of scallion white and seven fermented soybeans, and decoct in water. — Uibang Yuchwi 得效 (Donguibogam · Han)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Sipsin-tang with the ephedra taken out, which makes it the version for a patient who should not be sweated hard — and the scallion white and fermented soybean added at the end do the gentler work instead, since that pair is the Shanghanlun's mildest diaphoretic. The indication deliberately refuses to specify a pattern: yin, yang or both, it does not matter. Three successive entries in this section make the same claim, which tells you how often a physician met a fever he could not yet place. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.