Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Bangyakhappyeon (方藥合編)

Cyperus and Amomum Six Gentlemen Decoction

Hyangsayukgunja-tang

한글 향사육군자탕 · Pinyin Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang

香砂六君子湯

Composition 構成

Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Baekdugu Bai Dou Kou
白豆蔻 백두구 · Round Cardamom

4 g
Assistant 佐
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

4 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
Ikjiin Yi Zhi Ren
益智仁 익지인 · Alpinia

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
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 43 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Actions 效能

Tonifies Spleen Qi and moves stagnation
Opens the appetite and transforms dampness

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen deficiency with Qi stagnation and food retention
No appetite with epigastric fullness
Belching and distention after meals

Biomedical correlates

Chronic functional dyspepsia
Anorexia in weak patients
Gastroparesis-type presentations

Clinical commentary 臨床

Yukgunja-tang fully armed for the patient whose weak Spleen has also stalled — the aromatic movers keep the tonics from sitting heavily in an already sluggish middle. A Bangyakhappyeon workhorse in Korean clinics. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.