Ginseng and Bamboo Leaf Decoction

Insamjukyeop-tang

한글 인삼죽엽탕 · Pinyin Ren Shen Zhu Ye Tang

人參竹葉湯

Composition 構成

Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

8 g
Chief 君
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

8 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Assistant 佐
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jukyeop Zhu Ye
竹葉 죽엽 · Bamboo Leaf

2 g
Assistant 佐 7 leaves
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

10 g
Envoy 使 5 slices
Gaengmi Jing Mi
粳米 갱미 · Non-glutinous Rice

4 g
Envoy 使 one pinch
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 40 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 the lingering heat that vexes the convalescent
Restores fluids and Qi while the last embers cool

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Vacuity vexation with residual heat (虛煩)
Post-fever restlessness with thirst
The White Tiger frame retuned for the depleted

Biomedical correlates

Post-febrile restlessness and thirst
Convalescent agitation with dry mouth
Residual-heat management

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治虛煩. 石膏ㆍ麥門冬各二錢, 半夏一錢, 人參ㆍ甘草各五分, 竹葉七片. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑五片, 粳米一撮, 同煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats vacuity vexation. Gypsum and ophiopogon, 2 don each; pinellia 1 don; ginseng and licorice, 0.5 don each; bamboo leaf 7 leaves. Cut the above, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger and a pinch of non-glutinous rice, decoct together and take. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Hwa)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The classic architecture of Bamboo Leaf and Gypsum, entered here under the vexation flag — gypsum cooling the ember, ophiopogon refilling what the fever drank, a pinch of rice to keep the stomach in the treaty. For the patient the illness has left, but not yet left alone. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.