Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Cheongeumbang (千金方)
Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Decoction
Jichul-tang
한글 지출탕 · Pinyin Zhi Zhu Tang
枳朮湯
Composition 構成
- Baekchul白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes16 g
Chief 君4 don
- Jisil枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange8 g
Deputy 臣2 don
Total 24 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Treats a hardness below the heart as big as a bowl with an edge like a turning dish
- named the qi division — it comes of water drunk and bound
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Water bound below the heart
Biomedical correlates
- Epigastric mass
- Gastric retention
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治心下堅大如椀, 邊如旋盤, 名爲氣分, 乃飮水所結也. 白朮 四錢, 枳實 二錢. 右剉煎服. 《千金》
Translation
Treats a hardness below the heart as big as a bowl, with an edge like a turning dish, named the qi division; it comes of water drunk and bound. White atractylodes 4 don; immature bitter orange 2 don. Cut up, decoct and take. — Cheongeumbang 千金 (Donguibogam · Hyung)
Clinical commentary 臨床
堅大如椀, 邊如旋盤 — hard and big as a bowl with a rim like a dish on a potter's wheel. A rounded epigastric mass with a palpable edge, described by touch alone, and the phrase is Zhongjing's. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.