Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Hwaje Gukbang (和劑局方)

Ginseng Overcome Toxin Powder

Insampaedok-san

한글 인삼패독산 · Pinyin Ren Shen Bai Du San

人參敗毒散

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Dokhwal Du Huo
獨活 독활 · Aralia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeonho Qian Hu
前胡 전호 · Peucedanum

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

4 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

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

3 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

1 g
Envoy 使

Total 42 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

Releases exterior wind-cold-damp while supporting upright Qi
Disperses aches and early toxin

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind-cold-damp invading a Qi-deficient patient
Chills fever and body aches with fatigue
Colds and flu in the weak or elderly

Biomedical correlates

Colds and flu in deficient patients
Early dysentery with exterior signs (its famous classical extension)
Recurrent infections in the weak

Clinical commentary 臨床

The parent of the Paedok family — Insam inside a dispersing formula, "supporting the upright to expel the evil" made literal. Hyeongbangpaedok-san is this formula with the tonic removed. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.