Formulas · Transform Dampness 化濕 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Ginseng Nourish the Stomach Decoction

Insam-yangwi-tang

한글 인삼양위탕 · Pinyin Ren Shen Yang Wei Tang

人參養胃湯

The instruction to follow with 參蘇飮 for residual heat is part of the entry and makes the two formulas a sequence.

Composition 構成

Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Atractylodes Lancea

6 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Chief 君
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

5 g
Deputy 臣
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

5 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

5 g
Deputy 臣

processed
Baekbongnyeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gwakhyang Huo Xiang
藿香 곽향 · Korean Mint

4 g
Assistant 佐
Chogwa Cao Guo
草果 초과 · Tsaoko Fruit

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

honey-roasted
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two fruits
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

—
Envoy 使

one fruit

Total 35 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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

Treats the yin pattern of cold damage
and injury by wind cold without with damage from raw cold food within
Treats aversion to cold with vigorous fever
headache and body pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

External wind cold with internal damage from raw cold food
Damp phlegm in the middle with an exterior pattern

Biomedical correlates

Gastroenteritis with fever
Influenza with gastrointestinal symptoms

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治傷寒陰證, 及外傷風寒ㆍ內傷生冷, 憎寒ㆍ壯熱ㆍ頭痛ㆍ身疼. 蒼朮一錢半, 陳皮ㆍ厚朴ㆍ半夏(製) 各一錢二分半, 茯苓ㆍ藿香各一錢, 人參ㆍ草果ㆍ甘草(灸) 各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 棗二枚, 烏梅一箇, 水煎服. 令微汗濈濈然, 自然解散. 若有餘熱, 以<a href='/formulas/samso-eum'>參蘇飮</a>款款調之. 《入門》

Translation

Treats the yin pattern of cold damage, and injury by wind cold from without with damage from raw cold food within, with aversion to cold, vigorous fever, headache and body pain. Atractylodes lancea, 1 don 5 fun; tangerine peel, magnolia bark and processed pinellia, 1 don 2 fun 5 ri each; poria and agastache, 1 don each; ginseng, tsaoko and honey-roasted licorice, 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger, two jujubes and one mume fruit, and decoct in water. Let a slight sweat come steadily and it disperses of itself. If heat remains, regulate it gently with Samso-eum. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Han)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The aetiology is doubled and both halves are named: wind cold from outside and raw cold food inside. That is a real and common combination — a chill caught while the stomach is already upset — and it is why the formula is a damp-transforming stomach prescription rather than an exterior one, with atractylodes lancea, magnolia bark and pinellia doing the work and only ginger and agastache reaching outward. The follow-on instruction is the useful part: bring out a slight steady sweat, and if heat remains move to Samso-eum. Still widely prescribed for exactly this presentation. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.