Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)
Schizonepeta and Rhubarb Decoction
Hyeonghwang-tang
한글 형황탕 · Pinyin Jing Huang Tang
荊黃湯
Composition 構成
Total 20 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Treats wind heat bound and stagnant with the throat swollen and painful and the stool bound and rough
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Wind heat with constipation — sore throat
Biomedical correlates
- Pharyngitis with constipation
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治風熱結滯, 咽喉腫痛, 大便秘澁. 荊芥 四錢, 大黃 一錢. 右剉, 水煎空心服. 《入門》
Translation
Treats wind heat bound and stagnant with the throat swollen and painful and the stool bound and rough. Schizonepeta 4 don; rhubarb 1 don. Cut up, decoct in water and take on an empty stomach. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Inhu)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Two medicinals: one to open the surface and one the bowel. The Abdomen chapter's 3.20.3 rule — the pain lessens as the bowel opens — applied to a throat. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.