Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Taepyeong Hyeminhwajegukbang (太平惠民和劑局方)

Ginseng Normalize Qi Powder

Insam-sungi-san

한글 인삼순기산 · Pinyin Ren Shen Shun Qi San

人參順氣散

Despite the name, ginseng is at 5 fun, a tenth of the leading weights; the formula is a qi-moving rather than a supplementing one.

Composition 構成

Mahwang Ma Huang
麻黃 마황 · Ephedra

4 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Chief 君
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Deputy 臣
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

3 g
Deputy 臣
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Assistant 佐
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

4 g
Assistant 佐
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two fruits
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

—
Envoy 使

seven leaves

Total 39 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 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 qi vacuity
facial deviation
paralysis
rough speech and bodily pain
Normalizes the qi and dispels wind

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi vacuity with wind in the channels
Wind with qi stagnation and bodily pain

Biomedical correlates

Stroke sequelae with weakness
Post-stroke pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治中風氣虛, 喎斜ㆍ癱瘓ㆍ語澁ㆍ身疼. 麻黃ㆍ陳皮ㆍ川芎ㆍ白芷ㆍ白朮ㆍ厚朴ㆍ桔梗ㆍ甘草各一錢, 乾葛七分半, 人參ㆍ乾薑各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 棗二枚, 薄荷七葉, 同煎服. 《局方》

Translation

Treats wind stroke with qi vacuity, deviation of the mouth and eye, paralysis, rough speech and bodily pain. Ephedra, tangerine peel, chuanxiong, angelica dahurica, atractylodes, magnolia bark, platycodon and licorice, 1 don each; pueraria, 7 fun 5 ri; ginseng and dried ginger, 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger, two jujubes and seven mint leaves, and decoct together. — Taepyeong Hyeminhwajegukbang 局方 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Named for its ginseng and containing almost none, which tells you how the Jufang used the word 順氣 — to normalize the qi meant to move it, and the ginseng is a nominal anchor. What the formula actually does is release the exterior with ephedra and pueraria and move the middle with tangerine peel, magnolia bark and platycodon. The 中風宜調氣 heading it sits under is the chapter's third doctrinal position, after wind from outside and phlegm from within: treat the qi first and the wind resolves. This is the mild representative of it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.