Ginseng and Lily Decoction

Insambaekhap-tang

한글 인삼백합탕 · Pinyin Ren Shen Bai He Tang

人參百合湯

Composition 構成

Baekhap Bai He
百合 백합 · Lily Bulb

4 g
Chief 君
Agyo E Jiao
阿膠 아교 · Donkey-hide Gelatin

4 g
Chief 君

as pearls (珠)
Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

4 g
Chief 君
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjagyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbongnyeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

2.8 g
Assistant 佐

processed · toxic in the raw state
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Honghwa Hong Hua
紅花 홍화 · Safflower

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

as 桂皮
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

Total 41.6 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

Treats taxation cough with the spitting of red

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Taxation cough with blood in the sputum
Lung yin damaged with qi vacuity

Biomedical correlates

Haemoptysis in chronic lung disease

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治勞嗽吐紅. 白朮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ百合ㆍ阿膠珠ㆍ天門冬各一錢, 白芍藥ㆍ人參ㆍ五味子ㆍ黃芪ㆍ半夏ㆍ杏仁各七分, 細辛ㆍ紅花ㆍ桂皮ㆍ甘草各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《諸方》

Translation

Treats taxation cough with the spitting of red. White atractylodes, white poria, lily, ass-hide glue in pearls, and asparagus, 1 don each; white peony, ginseng, schisandra, astragalus, pinellia and apricot kernel, 7 fun each; asarum, carthamus, cinnamon bark and licorice, 3 fun each. Cut up, make one packet and decoct in water. — Jebang 諸方 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

吐紅, the spitting of red, is blood in the sputum, and the formula is built around the two drugs the tradition uses for it: lily and ass-hide glue, with asparagus for the dryness. Around them sit the four gentlemen for the qi and a small warming tail — asarum, carthamus and cinnamon — which is unusual in a bleeding formula and tells you the patient being treated is cold and wasted rather than febrile. 勞嗽 with haemoptysis in a wasting patient is, in most cases, pulmonary tuberculosis. **Blood in the sputum requires investigation: chest imaging and sputum examination, and treatment of the cause.** Asarum contains aristolochic acid in some species and is restricted in several countries. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.