Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Cold Damage)

Honey-Fried Licorice Decoction

Jagamcho-tang

한글 자감초탕 · Pinyin Zhi Gan Cao Tang

炙甘草湯

Composition 構成

Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

16 g
Chief 君
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

8 g
Chief 君 honey-fried
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

8 g
Deputy 臣
Majain Huo Ma Ren
麻子仁 마자인 · Hemp Seed

8 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Deputy 臣
Agyo E Jiao
阿膠 아교 · Donkey-hide Gelatin

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gyeji Gui Zhi
桂枝 계지 · Cinnamon Twig

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

6 g
Envoy 使
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

6 g
Envoy 使

Total 66 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

Augments Qi and nourishes Blood
Enriches Yin and restores the pulse

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi and Blood deficiency with irregular intermittent pulse
Palpitations with anxiety and emaciation
Deficiency taxation after long illness

Biomedical correlates

Palpitations and arrhythmia-type presentations (adjunctive)
Post-illness cardiac fatigue
Weakness with dry constitution

Clinical commentary 臨床

Also called Restore the Pulse Decoction — the classical formula for the heartbeat that skips from sheer depletion. Classically decocted with wine to carry the rich Yin tonics into the vessels. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.