Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Dangye Simbeop (丹溪心法)

Stop Thirst Decoction

Jigal-tang

한글 지갈탕 · Pinyin Zhi Ke Tang

止渴湯

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

20 g
Chief 君
Maengmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

20 g
Chief 君
Gwarugeun Gua Lou Gen
瓜蔞根 과루근 · Trichosanthes Root

20 g
Deputy 臣
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

20 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbongnyeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

20 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

20 g
Assistant 佐
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

20 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

20 g
Envoy 使

Total 160 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

Treats heat thirst in sudden turmoil, as above

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Fluid damage with thirst after sudden turmoil

Biomedical correlates

Dehydration after acute gastroenteritis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治同上. 人參ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ桔梗ㆍ瓜蔞根ㆍ澤瀉ㆍ葛根ㆍ甘草各五錢. 右爲末, 蜜水調二錢服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats the same as above. Ginseng, ophiopogon, red poria, platycodon, trichosanthes root, alisma, pueraria and licorice, 5 don each. Grind to a powder and give 2 don stirred into honey water. — Dangye Simbeop 丹心 (Donguibogam · Gwallan)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Eight drugs in equal weight, given as a powder in honey water — which is the point of it. A patient who cannot hold a decoction down may manage sips of sweetened water, and the powder carries ginseng and ophiopogon for what was lost and pueraria and trichosanthes root for the thirst itself. Honey water with a little salt would be closer to a modern rehydration solution; the chapter has the sweet half right. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.