Ginseng Drain the Lung Decoction

Insamsapye-tang

한글 인삼사폐탕 · Pinyin Ren Shen Xie Fei Tang

人參瀉肺湯

Composition 構成

Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2.8 g
Chief 君
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

2.8 g
Chief 君
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Yeongyo Lian Qiao
連翹 연교 · Forsythia

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Daehwang Da Huang
大黃 대황 · Rhubarb

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

wine-steamed (酒蒸)
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2.8 g
Envoy 使

Total 28 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats replete heat of the lung

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Lung repletion with heat

Biomedical correlates

Acute bronchitis with fever and constipation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治肺實熱. 黃芩ㆍ梔子ㆍ枳殼ㆍ薄荷ㆍ連翹ㆍ杏仁ㆍ桑白皮ㆍ大黃(酒蒸)ㆍ䓀莄ㆍ甘草各七分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats replete heat of the lung. Scutellaria, gardenia, bitter orange, mint, forsythia, apricot kernel, mulberry root bark, rhubarb (wine-steamed), platycodon and licorice 7 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Pye)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Sabaek-san's mulberry bark with the cooling and purging medicinals of the Fire chapter — and no ginseng, despite the name. The rhubarb is the reason: a hot lung is cleared downward through the large intestine, which is the Ojangyukbu chapter's 1.4 pairing put to use. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.