Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Bitter Orange and Chuanxiong Powder

Jigung-san

한글 지궁산 · Pinyin Zhi Xiong San

枳芎散

Composition 構成

Jisil Zhi Shi
枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange

20 g
Chief 君

5 don
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

20 g
Chief 君

5 don
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

10 g
Envoy 使

2 don 5 pun
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

ginger and jujube decoction as the draught

Total 50 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats stabbing pain in the left flank and ribs

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Stabbing pain on the left side

Biomedical correlates

Left-sided intercostal pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治左脇肋刺痛. 枳實ㆍ川芎各五錢, 甘草二錢半. 右爲末, 每二錢, 薑棗湯調下. 《入門》

Translation

Treats stabbing pain in the left flank and ribs. Immature bitter orange and chuanxiong 5 don each; licorice 2 don 5 pun. Powder them and take 2 don at a time stirred into ginger and jujube decoction. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Hyeop)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Three medicinals for the left side, three for the right at Chugi-san — the chapter's pair, and the difference is chuanxiong against turmeric. The left is the liver's and belongs to blood; the right is the lung's and belongs to qi. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.