Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Cold Damage)

Cyperus and Perilla Powder

Hyangso-san

한글 향소산 · Pinyin Xiang Su San

香蘇散

Composition 構成

Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

8 g
Chief 君
Soyeop Zi Su Ye
蘇葉 소엽 · Perilla Leaf

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

4 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
Chongbaek Cong Bai
蔥白 총백 · Scallion White

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 31 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Actions 效能

Releases the exterior gently
Regulates Qi and harmonizes the middle

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind-cold with concurrent Qi constraint
Cold symptoms triggered or worsened by emotional stress
Chest and epigastric stuffiness with mild chills

Biomedical correlates

Colds in stressed or emotionally constrained patients
Mild cold with digestive tightness
Pregnancy-safe gentle exterior release (with supervision)

Clinical commentary 臨床

For the cold that arrives on the back of a hard week — exterior wind and interior constraint released with the same brushstroke. Small, gentle, and far more useful than its size suggests. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.