Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Bomyeongjip (保命集)
Ginseng and Gypsum Decoction
Insamseokgo-tang
한글 인삼석고탕 · Pinyin Ren Shen Shi Gao Tang
人蔘石膏湯
Composition 構成
- Seokgo石膏 석고 · Gypsum16 g
Chief 君 - Jimo知母 지모 · Anemarrhena9.2 g
Deputy 臣 - Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng6.8 g
Assistant 佐 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice5.2 g
Envoy 使
Total 37.2 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
- Drains blazing Qi-level heat from the Lung and Stomach
- Engenders fluids and relieves great thirst while protecting Qi
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Diaphragm wasting (膈消) — upper wasting of sogal with great thirst and copious drinking
- Red cracked tongue with vexing heat in the chest
- Heat lingering after fluids are already damaged
Biomedical correlates
- Polydipsia-dominant presentations in poorly controlled hyperglycemia
- Persistent thirst in febrile illness or its aftermath
- Dry mouth and heat intolerance in wasting conditions
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治膈消. 石膏 四錢, 知母 二錢三分, 人參 一錢七分, 甘草 一錢三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《保命》
Translation
Treats diaphragm wasting. Gypsum 4 don; anemarrhena 2.3 don; ginseng 1.7 don; licorice 1.3 don. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Bomyeong 保命 (Donguibogam · Sogal)
Clinical commentary 臨床
White Tiger's grammar with wasting-thirst's arithmetic — the gypsum weighted against the blaze, and ginseng written in from the first dose, because in diaphragm wasting the fluids are already spent. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.