Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Ginseng and Schizonepeta Powder

Insamhyeonggae-san

한글 인삼형개산 · Pinyin Ren Shen Jing Jie San

人參荊芥散

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

3 g
Chief 君
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

3 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2 g
Chief 君
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

3 g
Deputy 臣

生乾地黃
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

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

3 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2 g
Deputy 臣
Mokdanpi Mu Dan Pi
牡丹皮 목단피 · Moutan Bark

2 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

2 g
Deputy 臣
Byeolgap Bie Jia
鱉甲 별갑 · Turtle Carapace

3 g
Assistant 佐
Sanjoin Suan Zao Ren
酸棗仁 산조인 · Sour Jujube Seed

3 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒)
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

3 g
Assistant 佐
Yeongyanggak Ling Yang Jiao
羚羊角 영양각 · Saiga Antelope Horn (prohibited)

3 g
Assistant 佐

CITES
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

2 g
Assistant 佐

桂心
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

2 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 47 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats blood wind with body pain
alternating cold and heat and night sweating

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood wind with body pain
cold and heat with night sweating
red cheeks and dry mouth
phlegmy cough and chest fullness; or the menses out of order with griping pain about the navel and a lump formed of aggregation

Biomedical correlates

Chronic fatigue with menstrual irregularity
Pelvic mass

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治血風體痛, 寒熱盜汗, 頰赤口乾, 痰嗽胸滿, 或月水不調, 臍腹㽲痛, 痃癖成塊. 人參ㆍ荊芥ㆍ生乾地黃ㆍ柴胡ㆍ鱉甲ㆍ酸棗仁(炒)ㆍ枳殼ㆍ羚羊角ㆍ白朮各七分半, 桂心ㆍ川芎ㆍ當歸ㆍ防風ㆍ牡丹皮ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉作一貼, 入薑三片, 煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats blood wind with body pain, cold and heat with night sweating, red cheeks and dry mouth, phlegmy cough and chest fullness; or the menses out of order with griping pain about the navel and a lump formed of aggregation. Ginseng, schizonepeta, fresh dried rehmannia, bupleurum, turtle carapace, spiny jujube kernel (stir-fried), bitter orange, antelope horn and white atractylodes 7 pun 5 ri each; cinnamon heart, chuanxiong, angelica, saposhnikovia, moutan bark, red peony and licorice 5 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct and take. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

血風 — blood wind — is the chapter's name for a chronic state in which body pain, fever, night sweating and menstrual disorder run together. Turtle carapace and bupleurum here place it close to the steaming bone of the Fire chapter at 5.11. **Contains antelope horn, CITES Appendix I and prohibited in trade. Night sweats with weight loss and a pelvic mass require medical investigation.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.