Formulas · Stop Cough & Wheeze 止咳平喘 · Seopsaeng Jungmyobang (攝生衆妙方)

Arrest Wheezing Decoction

Jeongcheon-tang

한글 정천탕 · Pinyin Ding Chuan Tang

定喘湯

Composition 構成

Baekgwa Bai Guo
白果 백과 · Ginkgo Nut

8 g
Chief 君
Mahwang Ma Huang
麻黃 마황 · Ephedra

6 g
Chief 君
Gwandonghwa Kuan Dong Hua
款冬花 관동화 · Coltsfoot Flower

6 g
Deputy 臣
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

6 g
Deputy 臣
Soja Zi Su Zi
蘇子 자소자 · Perilla Seed

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

6 g
Assistant 佐
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

6 g
Assistant 佐
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 50 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

Disseminates the Lung and directs Qi downward
Clears heat and transforms phlegm to arrest wheezing

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind-cold constraining the exterior with phlegm-heat within
Wheezing with thick yellow sputum and cough
Asthma-pattern episodes with chest tightness

Biomedical correlates

Asthma with productive wheeze (the classical asthma standard)
Bronchitis with wheezing
Cold-triggered flares of hot phlegm

Clinical commentary 臨床

Mahwang opens what Baekgwa restrains — the opposing chief pair that lets the formula disperse and hold the Lung at once. The classical first name in wheezing, with ginkgo nut in the leading role. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.