Formulas · Reduce Food Stagnation 消食 · Bangyakhappyeon (方藥合編)

Cyperus and Amomum Calm the Stomach Powder

Hyangsapyeongwi-san

한글 향사평위산 · Pinyin Xiang Sha Ping Wei San

香砂平胃散

Composition 構成

Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

8 g
Chief 君
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

2 g
Deputy 臣
Jisil Zhi Shi
枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gwakhyang Huo Xiang
藿香 곽향 · Korean Mint

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

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

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

3 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 33.4 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

Dries dampness and disperses food
Moves Qi and relieves distention

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Food stagnation on a damp middle Jiao
Distention with belching and sour regurgitation
Heaviness and fullness after eating

Biomedical correlates

Indigestion with bloating
Gastritis flare after dietary indiscretion
Sluggish digestion in damp constitutions

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治傷食. 蒼朮二錢, 陳皮ㆍ香附子各一錢, 枳實ㆍ藿香各八分, 厚朴ㆍ縮砂各七分, 木香ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三, 煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats food damage. Atractylodes 2 don; tangerine peel and cyperus, 1 don each; unripe bitter orange and agastache, 0.8 don each; magnolia bark and amomum, 0.7 don each; aucklandia and licorice, 0.5 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct and take. — Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Naesang)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Pyeongwi-san upgraded with movers and aromatics — arguably the single most dispensed digestive formula in Korean insurance practice. When in doubt between damp and food stagnation, this covers both. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.