Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Uibang Yuchwi (醫方類聚)

Ginseng and Notopterygium Powder

Insam-ganghwal-san

한글 인삼강활산 · Pinyin Ren Shen Qiang Huo San

人參羌活散

桑白皮七寸 is measured by length rather than weight, as the Deughyobang usually gives it.

Composition 構成

Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

2.8 g
Chief 君
Dokhwal Du Huo
獨活 독활 · Aralia

2.8 g
Chief 君
Jeonho Qian Hu
前胡 전호 · Peucedanum

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Cheonma Tian Ma
天麻 천마 · Gastrodia

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Manhyeongja Man Jing Zi
蔓荊子 만형자 · Vitex

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

—
Envoy 使

seven chon

Total 39.2 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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 wind stroke with exuberant phlegm and vexing heat
Resolves the exterior and clears the lung

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind heat with phlegm and vexation
Wind heat in the lung and exterior

Biomedical correlates

Stroke with fever and phlegm
Upper respiratory infection with wind heat

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治中風痰盛ㆍ煩熱. 羌活ㆍ獨活ㆍ前胡ㆍ人參ㆍ防風ㆍ天麻ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ薄荷ㆍ川芎ㆍ黃芩ㆍ枳殼ㆍ蔓荊子ㆍ桔梗ㆍ甘草各七分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 桑白皮七寸, 同煎服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats wind stroke with exuberant phlegm and vexing heat. Notopterygium, pubescent angelica, peucedanum, ginseng, saposhnikovia, gastrodia, red poria, mint, chuanxiong, scutellaria, bitter orange, vitex fruit, platycodon and licorice, 7 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and 7 chon of mulberry root bark, and decoct together. — Uibang Yuchwi 得效 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A version of the old Insam-paedok-san enlarged for the head: vitex fruit, gastrodia and mint for the face and temples, mulberry root bark and scutellaria for the lung. It is a mild exterior-resolving formula, and the only reason it stands in this chapter is the tradition's conflation of wind stroke with wind-heat fever. Taken on its own terms, it is a reasonable prescription for a feverish upper respiratory illness in a depleted patient. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.