Boost the Stomach and Raise the Yang Decoction

Ikwiseungyang-tang

한글 익위승양탕 · Pinyin Yi Wei Sheng Yang Tang

益胃升陽湯

Composition 構成

Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

6 g
Chief 君
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

4 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

3 g
Deputy 臣
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

3 g
Deputy 臣 dry-fried
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2 g
Assistant 佐 body (身)
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2 g
Assistant 佐
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

0.8 g
Assistant 佐 raw
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使 roasted

Total 25.2 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

Boosts Qi where Blood has deserted — the ancient sages' method
Rights the stomach first so the engendering Qi has ground to rise from

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

The various internal-damage patterns with Blood loss (血脫益氣)
Post-hemorrhagic and postpartum depletion of the center
Weak digestion after any escape of Blood

Biomedical correlates

Recovery after blood loss including menorrhagia and postpartum
Anemia-adjacent fatigue with weak digestion
Convalescent restoration

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治內傷諸證, 盖血脫益氣, 古聖人之法也. 先理胃氣, 以助生發之氣, 此藥主之. 白朮一錢半, 黃芪一錢, 人參ㆍ神麴(炒) 各七分半, 當歸身ㆍ陳皮ㆍ甘草(灸) 各五分, 升麻ㆍ柴胡各三分, 黃芩(生) 二分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats the various internal-damage patterns — for where Blood has deserted, to boost the Qi is the method of the ancient sages. First right the stomach Qi so as to aid the engendering, effusing Qi: this medicine governs that. White atractylodes 1.5 don; astragalus 1 don; ginseng and dry-fried medicated leaven, 0.75 don each; angelica body, tangerine peel, and roasted licorice, 0.5 don each; cimicifuga and bupleurum, 0.3 don each; raw scutellaria 0.2 don. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Naesang)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The paradox formula of the lineage — when Blood has fled, supplement Qi: the ancient sages' method, Dongyuan explains, because Qi engenders what has been lost faster than Blood can be poured back. Atractylodes takes the chief's seat from astragalus here, since the stomach must be righted before anything can rise. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.