Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Ginseng and Astragalus Powder

Insamhwanggi-san

한글 인삼황기산 · Pinyin Ren Shen Huang Qi San

人參黃芪散

Composition 構成

Byeolgap Bie Jia
鱉甲 별갑 · Turtle Carapace

6 g
Chief 君 butter-roasted
Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jingyo Qin Jiao
秦艽 진교 · Large Gentian

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Jigolpi Di Gu Pi
地骨皮 지골피 · Lycium Root Bark

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

2.8 g
Deputy 臣 dried (生乾)
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

2 g
Assistant 佐
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jawon Zi Wan
紫菀 자원 · Aster Root

2 g
Assistant 佐
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

2 g
Assistant 佐
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 38.8 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

Clears steaming heat and abates tidal fever from a turtle-shell anchor
Supports Lung Qi while transforming phlegm and stanching purulent blood

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Vacuity taxation with visiting heat and tidal heat (客熱潮熱)
Night sweats with phlegm cough and expectoration of pus and blood
Lung vacuity on a Yin-depletion steaming ground

Biomedical correlates

Chronic productive cough with low-grade fever in wasted patients
Bronchiectasis-adjacent purulent expectoration (supportive)
Historical consumption presentations

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治虛勞, 客熱, 潮熱, 盜汗, 痰嗽, 唾膿血. 鱉甲(酥灸) 一錢半, 天門冬一錢, 秦芃ㆍ柴胡ㆍ地骨皮ㆍ生乾地黃各七分, 桑白皮ㆍ半夏ㆍ知母ㆍ紫菀ㆍ黃芪ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ甘草各五分, 人參ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ桔梗各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats vacuity taxation with visiting heat, tidal heat, night sweats, phlegm cough, and expectoration of pus and blood. Butter-roasted turtle shell 1.5 don; asparagus root 1 don; large gentian, bupleurum, lycium root bark, and dried raw rehmannia, 0.7 don each; mulberry root bark, pinellia, anemarrhena, aster root, astragalus, red peony, and licorice, 0.5 don each; ginseng, white poria, and platycodon, 0.3 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Deukhyo 得效 (Donguibogam · Heoro)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Named for its two gentlest members, led in fact by its fiercest — turtle shell at triple rank with gentian and lycium bark, the classic steaming-bone brigade, while ginseng and astragalus wait at the smallest doses to catch what's left of the qi when the fever finally breaks. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.