Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Dangye Simbeop (丹溪心法)

Ginseng Moisten the Lung Decoction

Insamyunpye-tang

한글 인삼윤폐탕 · Pinyin Ren Shen Run Fei Tang

人參潤肺湯

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Mahwang Ma Huang
麻黃 마황 · Ephedra

4 g
Chief 君
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

4 g
Deputy 臣

as 乾葛, the dried root
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Assistant 佐
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

4 g
Assistant 佐
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Chongbaek Cong Bai
蔥白 총백 · Scallion White

—
Envoy 使

two stalks

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 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 cough from cold damage

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind cold cough with a stopped nose

Biomedical correlates

Acute bronchitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治傷寒咳嗽. 人參ㆍ乾葛ㆍ桔梗ㆍ白芷ㆍ麻黃ㆍ乾薑ㆍ白朮ㆍ甘草各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三ㆍ葱二, 煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats cough from cold damage. Ginseng, dried pueraria, platycodon, angelica dahurica, ephedra, dried ginger, white atractylodes and licorice, 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and two stalks of scallion white, and decoct. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The name promises to moisten the lung and nothing in the formula moistens it: ephedra, pueraria, angelica dahurica, scallion and dried ginger are all releasing or warming drugs, and ginseng and atractylodes supplement without wetting. What the formula actually does is open an exterior in a patient too depleted to be opened with ephedra alone, which is a reasonable thing to want; the title is the aspiration rather than the action. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.