Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Injae Jikji (仁齋直指方)

Ginseng, Chuanxiong and Angelica Decoction

Insamgunggwi-tang

한글 인삼궁귀탕  ·  Pinyin Ren Shen Xiong Gui Tang

人參芎歸湯

Composition 構成

Total 64 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

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • Blood distension
  • static blood congealed and gathered into swelling and fullness

Biomedical correlates

  • Ascites with portal congestion
  • Abdominal distension following trauma

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治血脹, 是瘀血凝聚, 成脹滿也. 川芎 二錢, 當歸ㆍ半夏 各一錢半, 蓬朮ㆍ木香ㆍ縮砂ㆍ烏藥ㆍ甘草 各一錢, 人參ㆍ桂皮ㆍ五靈脂 各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑五棗二, 紫蘇葉 四片, 水煎服. 《直指》

Translation

Treats blood distension, which is static blood congealed and gathered so as to form swelling and fullness. Chuanxiong 2 don; angelica and pinellia 1.5 don each; curcuma, costus, amomum, lindera and licorice 1 don each; ginseng, cinnamon bark and flying squirrel faeces 5 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger, 2 jujubes and 4 perilla leaves, decoct in water and take. — Injae Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Changman)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Chuanxiong at two don leading a distension formula is the signature of the blood reading. The chapter defines blood distension at 3.4.6 by the appearance of the skin — fine red threads showing on the belly and the veins standing out — which is a description of caput medusae, and the Accumulations chapter lists the same sign at 1.7.9 among those that cannot be treated. Ginseng at five pun is token but deliberate: this is a blood-moving formula given to a patient the chapter assumes is already depleted. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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