Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Bomyeongjip (保命集)

Peony Decoction

Jakyak-tang

한글 작약탕 · Pinyin Shao Yao Tang

芍藥湯

Composition 構成

Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

12 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

6 g
Deputy 臣
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

6 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

6 g
Deputy 臣
Daehwang Da Huang
大黃 대황 · Rhubarb

4 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

3 g
Assistant 佐
Binrang Bing Lang
檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed

3 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

3 g
Envoy 使

Total 45 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

Clears damp-heat from the intestines
Regulates Qi and Blood to relieve dysenteric pain and tenesmus

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Damp-heat dysentery with blood and pus
Abdominal pain with urgency and heaviness at the anus
Burning defecation with scanty dark urine

Biomedical correlates

Inflammatory dysenteric diarrhea
IBD flares with blood and mucus (adjunctive)
Tenesmus-dominant colitis patterns

Clinical commentary 臨床

Built on the dictum that moving the Blood ends the pus and moving the Qi ends the tenesmus — the dysentery formula that treats the straining, not just the stool. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.