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

Bitter Orange and Tangerine Decoction

Jigyul-tang

한글 지귤탕 · Pinyin Zhi Ju Tang

枳橘湯

Composition 構成

Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

32 g
Chief 君

橘皮
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

6 g
Deputy 臣
Ganghwang Jiang Huang
薑黃 강황 · Turmeric

—
Assistant 佐

a little, if severe
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

8 g
Envoy 使

Total 46 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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

Moves stagnant qi with glomus pain of the chest

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi stagnation with glomus and pain of the chest

Biomedical correlates

Functional chest tightness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣滯, 胸痞痛. 橘皮八錢, 枳殼一錢半. 右剉, 薑四片, 水煎服. 鬱甚, 加薑黃少許. 《入門》

Translation

Treats qi stagnation with glomus and pain of the chest. Tangerine peel 8 don, bitter orange 1 don 5 pun. Cut up, add 4 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. Where the depression is severe, add a little turmeric. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Gi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Tangerine peel at five times the bitter orange — the gentle mover leads and the stronger one follows. 4.21 opens on the mildest of its thirteen formulas, and Gyulpiilmul-tang at 4.13 is this with the bitter orange removed. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.