Different Achievement Powder

Igong-san

한글 이공산 · Pinyin Yi Gong San

異功散

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Chief 君
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

8 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 34 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 spleen-stomach vacuity weakness with no thought of food
abdominal pain and diarrhoea

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen and stomach vacuous and weak — no appetite
abdominal pain
spontaneous diarrhoea

Biomedical correlates

Functional dyspepsia with poor appetite and loose stool

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治脾胃虛弱, 不思飮食, 腹痛自利. 人參ㆍ白朮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ陳皮ㆍ甘草各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三片, 棗二枚, 同煎服. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats the spleen and stomach vacuous and weak, with no thought of food, abdominal pain and spontaneous diarrhoea. Ginseng, white atractylodes, white poria, tangerine peel and licorice 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, and decoct with 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Wibu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Sagunja-tang with tangerine peel — the four gentlemen given something to move the food they feed. Qian Yi's formula, and the Appendix on the Aged's 2.3.1 sent the exhausted old here with Bojungikgi-tang. The name says it does a different job from the plain four: it moves as well as supplements. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.