Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Dangye Simbeop (丹溪心法)

Ginseng Powder

Insam-san

한글 인삼산 · Pinyin Ren Shen San

人參散

The Bogam carries four formulas named 人參散 — this one, the Jahwa formula for wasting-thirst, the Deukhyo formula for drink and sexual taxation, and the Bonsa formula for dysentery from wine toxin. Only this one is for cough.

Composition 構成

Banhaguk Ban Xia Qu
半夏麴 반하국 · Fermented Pinellia

8 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

4 g
Deputy 臣
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

4 g
Deputy 臣
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

4 g
Assistant 佐
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jeokbongnyeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

—
Envoy 使

five slices
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

—
Envoy 使

one fruit

Total 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

For general use in phlegm cough

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Phlegm cough with qi vacuity

Biomedical correlates

Chronic productive cough

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

痰嗽通用. 半夏麴二錢, 人參ㆍ桔梗ㆍ五味子ㆍ細辛ㆍ枳殼ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ杏仁各一錢, 甘草五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑五ㆍ梅一, 水煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

For general use in phlegm cough. Pinellia leaven, 2 don; ginseng, platycodon, schisandra, asarum, bitter orange peel, red poria and apricot kernel, 1 don each; licorice, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add five slices of ginger and one smoked plum, and decoct in water. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Pinellia leaven at double weight with ginseng beside it, platycodon and bitter orange to lift and lower, and schisandra with a smoked plum to gather the lung in. 痰嗽通用, for general use in phlegm cough, is the whole indication — this is the chapter's workhorse rather than a formula for a particular case. Fermenting pinellia into a leaven was the standard way of taming it, and it is one of the several forms the chapter uses: the raw drug processed, the leaven, and the ginger-boiled slices all appear in different formulas here. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.