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Ginseng and Aster Decoction

Insamjawan-tang

한글 인삼자완탕 · Pinyin Ren Shen Zi Wan Tang

人參紫菀湯

鸎粟殼 — the transcription writes 鸎 for 罌 throughout the chapter; the glyph is printed as it stands and the drug is the registered 罌粟殼.

Composition 構成

Aengsokgak Ying Su Ke
罌粟殼 앵속각 · Opium Poppy Capsule (controlled)

8 g
Chief 君

prepared with ginger · opium poppy capsule, controlled
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

1.6 g
Chief 君
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

6 g
Deputy 臣
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gwandonghwa Kuan Dong Hua
款冬花 관동화 · Coltsfoot Flower

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jawan Zi Wan
紫菀 자완 · Aster Root

1.6 g
Deputy 臣
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gyeji Gui Zhi
桂枝 계지 · Cinnamon Twig

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

—
Envoy 使

five slices
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

—
Envoy 使

one fruit

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats cough and urgent panting long uncured

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Long cough with panting and no strength to stop it
Lung qi scattered and not gathered

Biomedical correlates

Chronic cough with exhaustion

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治咳嗽喘急, 久不愈. 鸎粟殼(薑製) 二錢, 縮砂一錢半, 杏仁ㆍ欵冬花各一錢, 五味子ㆍ桂枝各五分, 人參ㆍ紫菀ㆍ甘草各四分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑五ㆍ梅一箇, 水煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats cough and urgent panting long uncured. Poppy capsule prepared with ginger, 2 don; cardamom, 1 don 5 fun; apricot kernel and coltsfoot flower, 1 don each; schisandra and cinnamon twig, 5 fun each; ginseng, aster and licorice, 4 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add five slices of ginger and one smoked plum, decoct in water and take. — Dangye Simbeop 丹心 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

An astringing formula, and the drug that makes it one is the poppy capsule at the head of the list, backed by schisandra and smoked plum. The chapter's own reasoning for a long cough is that the lung qi has scattered and must be gathered rather than dispersed, and everything here except the apricot kernel pulls inward. It stands immediately before Jeongcheon-tang in the chapter, and the two are easily confused: that formula is a verse prescription with much the same drugs, and the Bogam's own note there compares it not with this one but with Insam-jeongcheon-tang earlier in the chapter. **Contains the opium poppy capsule. Poppy preparations are controlled substances, suppress the cough reflex and the respiratory drive, and are addictive; this is recorded as history and must not be prepared.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.