Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Uihak Gangmok (醫學綱目)
Virgate Wormwood and Gardenia Decoction
Injinchija-tang
한글 인진치자탕 · Pinyin Yin Chen Zhi Zi Tang
茵蔯梔子湯
Composition 構成
- Injinho茵蔯蒿 인진호 · Capillaris12 g
Chief 君茵蔯
- Daehwang大黃 대황 · Rhubarb8 g
Deputy 臣 - Chija梔子 치자 · Gardenia4 g
Deputy 臣 - Jisil枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange4 g
Assistant 佐
Total 28 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
- Clears heat and purges in grain jaundice
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Grain jaundice
Biomedical correlates
- Jaundice with constipation
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治穀疸. 茵蔯 三錢, 大黃 二錢, 梔子ㆍ枳實 各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《綱目》
Translation
Treats grain jaundice. Virgate wormwood 3 don, rhubarb 2 don, gardenia and bitter orange fruit 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Uihak Gangmok 綱目 (Donguibogam · Hwangdal)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Injinho-tang with bitter orange fruit added. The parent formula is the next entry, and the two together show how the chapter modifies: one medicinal added, and a general jaundice formula becomes a grain jaundice formula. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.