Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Adjusted Joy-Bringing Decoction

Jeungsonyakryeong-tang

한글 증손악령탕 · Pinyin Zeng Sun Le Ling Tang

增損樂令湯

Composition 構成

Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

6 g
Chief 君
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2.8 g
Assistant 佐橘皮
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

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

2.8 g
Assistant 佐 heartwood (桂心)
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Jeonho Qian Hu
前胡 전호 · Peucedanum

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Buja Fu Zi
附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite

1.4 g
Assistant 佐 blast-fried
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

1.4 g
Assistant 佐
Wonji Yuan Zhi
遠志 원지 · Polygala

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

4 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

4 g
Envoy 使 2 pieces
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2.8 g
Envoy 使

Total 48.4 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

Supplements insufficient Yang Qi with a warm harmonizing frame
Transforms phlegm and downbears counterflow while tonifying

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Vacuity taxation with Yang Qi insufficient (虛勞陽氣不足)
Depletion with phlegm-damp and chest oppression
Cold-leaning exhaustion with poor appetite

Biomedical correlates

Chronic fatigue with cold intolerance and chest stuffiness
Deconditioning with mucus and digestive sluggishness
Convalescent weakness in cold constitutions

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治虛勞, 陽氣不足. 半夏一錢半, 黃芪ㆍ人參ㆍ橘皮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ當歸ㆍ桂心ㆍ細辛ㆍ前胡ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ甘草各七分, 附子(炮)ㆍ熟地黃各三分半, 遠志二分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三棗二, 水煎服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats vacuity taxation with Yang Qi insufficient. Pinellia 1.5 don; astragalus, ginseng, tangerine peel, white poria, Korean angelica, cinnamon heartwood, asarum, peucedanum, ophiopogon, white peony, and licorice, 0.7 don each; blast-fried aconite and prepared rehmannia, 0.35 don each; polygala 0.2 don. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take. — Deukhyo 得效 (Donguibogam · Heoro)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The name is the promise — a formula to bring ease back to a body too depleted to feel it, pinellia leading a warm convoy so the tonics arrive without clogging the chest they mean to comfort. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.