Schizonepeta Decoction

Hyeonggae-tang

한글 형개탕 · Pinyin Jing Jie Tang

荊芥湯

Composition 構成

Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

12 g
Chief 君

3 don
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

12 g
Chief 君

3 don
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

12 g
Deputy 臣

3 don
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

12 g
Deputy 臣

3 don

Total 48 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

Treats wind heat toothache — held in the mouth
rinsed and spat out

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind heat toothache

Biomedical correlates

Toothache — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風熱齒痛. 荊芥ㆍ薄荷ㆍ升麻ㆍ細辛各三錢. 右爲末, 每二錢, 沸湯點含漱吐之. 《直指》

Translation

Treats wind heat toothache. Schizonepeta, mint, cimicifuga and asarum 3 don each. Powder them and take 2 don at a time stirred into freshly boiled water, held in the mouth, rinsed with and spat out.

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four medicinals as a mouthwash. 4.8 pairs it with Seogakseungma-tang from the Face chapter — one taken and one rinsed with, which is the chapter's usual arrangement. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.