Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)
Ginseng Paste
Insam-go
한글 인삼고 · Pinyin Ren Shen Gao
Composition 構成
- Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng640 g
Chief 君sliced
- Cheonmundong天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root—
Assistant 佐paired with it where there is lung fire
Total 640 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.
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Actions 效能
- Restores the origin qi where it is vacuous and exhausted
- Treats spirit diminished and speech that cannot be sustained
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Origin qi vacuous and exhausted
- the essence and spirit diminished
- the words not connecting
Biomedical correlates
- Severe debility
- Convalescence
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治元氣虛乏, 精神短少, 言語不接. 能回元氣於無何有之鄕, 王道也. 人參一斤, 切片, 入砂鍋內, 水浮藥一指, 文武火煎乾一半, 傾在別處. 又將渣如前煎三次, 嚼參無味乃止. 却將前汁入鍋內熬成膏. 日服五六匙. 有肺火, 與天門冬對用, 甚妙. 《入門》 人參治脾肺陽氣不足, 能補氣促, 短氣, 少氣. 非升麻爲引用, 不能補上升之氣.
Translation
Treats the origin qi vacuous and exhausted, the essence and spirit diminished, and the words not connecting. It can bring the origin qi back from the land of nothing whatever — the kingly way. Ginseng 1 geun, sliced, put in an earthenware pot with water a finger's depth above it, decocted over a fire now gentle now fierce until half is gone, and poured off; the dregs decocted again the same way three times, until chewing the ginseng gives no taste, and then stopped. Put the liquor back in the pot and reduce to a paste. Take five or six spoonfuls a day. Where there is lung fire, pair it with asparagus — very good. Ginseng treats the yang qi of spleen and lung insufficient, and can supplement hurried breath, short breath and scant breath; but without cimicifuga as guide it cannot supplement the rising qi. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Gi)