Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Jesaeng (濟生)

Boost the Construction Decoction

Igyeong-tang

한글 익영탕 · Pinyin Yi Rong Tang

益榮湯

Coarse preparation: 7 don per dose with 5 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decocted in water.

Composition 構成

Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

40 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

40 g
Chief 君
Socho Xiao Cao
小草 소초 · Polygala Sprout

40 g
Deputy 臣
Sanjoin Suan Zao Ren
酸棗仁 산조인 · Sour Jujube Seed

40 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjain Bai Zi Ren
柏子仁 백자인 · Arborvitae Seed

40 g
Deputy 臣
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

40 g
Deputy 臣
Boksin Fu Shen
茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood

40 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

40 g
Assistant 佐
Jaseokyeong Zi Shi Ying
紫石英 자석영 · Fluorite

40 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

20 g
Assistant 佐
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

20 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

20 g
Envoy 使

Total 420 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

Restores the Heart Blood that overthinking has spent
Settles the throbbing and the abstracted mind together

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Thought and worry beyond measure wearing away the Heart Blood (思慮過度耗傷心血)
Fearful throbbing with an abstracted clouded mind (怔忡恍惚)
Depletion from sustained mental strain

Biomedical correlates

Anxiety with exhaustion and poor concentration
Palpitations in the chronically overworked
Burnout-associated cognitive fog

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治思慮過度, 耗傷心血, 怔忡恍惚. 黃芪ㆍ當歸ㆍ小草ㆍ酸棗仁ㆍ柏子仁ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ茯神ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ紫石英各一兩, 木香ㆍ人參ㆍ甘草各五錢. 右剉, 每七錢, 薑五片, 棗二枚, 水煎服. 《濟生》

Translation

Treats thought and worry past measure wearing away the Heart Blood, with fearful throbbing and an abstracted clouded mind. Astragalus, Korean angelica, small polygala, sour jujube seed, arborvitae seed, ophiopogon, hostwood poria, white peony, and fluorite, 1 nyang each; aucklandia, ginseng, and licorice, 5 don each. Cut the above; take 7 don each time with 5 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decocted in water. — Jesaeng 濟生 (Donguibogam · Sin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The formula written for the diagnosis the chapter states most plainly — thinking past measure wears away the Heart Blood. Astragalus and angelica lead, four settling herbs follow, and a single mineral anchors what has been floating. The indication pairs throbbing with 恍惚, the abstracted, not-quite-present state that the overworked describe as being unable to hold a thought: the tradition treats both as one deficiency. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.