Formulas · Tonify Blood 補血 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Regulate the Cycle Powder

Jogyeong-san

한글 조경산 · Pinyin Tiao Jing San

調經散

Also called Ongyeong-tang (溫經湯), the Warm the Channels Decoction — distinct from the Ongyeong-tang of the Golden Cabinet recorded elsewhere on this site, which uses cinnamon twig in place of cinnamon bark and differs in proportion.

Composition 構成

Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

8 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

6 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Deputy 臣 prepared
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Mokdanpi Mu Dan Pi
牧丹皮 목단피 · Moutan Bark

4 g
Assistant 佐
Agyo E Jiao
阿膠 아교 · Donkey-hide Gelatin

3 g
Assistant 佐 pearled
Osuyu Wu Zhu Yu
吳茱萸 오수유 · Evodia

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

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

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

3 g
Envoy 使 roasted

Total 50 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

Regulates a cycle that keeps no term
Warms the vessels below while moistening what the heat has spent above

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

The cycle not regulated (月候不調)
Irregular timing with dryness above and cold below
Long-course cycle regulation

Biomedical correlates

Cycle irregularity
Perimenopausal menstrual disturbance
Mixed cold-below and dry-above presentations

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

一名溫經湯. 治月候不調. 麥門冬二錢, 當歸一錢半, 人參ㆍ半夏(製)ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ川芎ㆍ牡丹皮各一錢, 阿膠珠ㆍ甘草(灸) 各七分半, 吳茱萸ㆍ肉桂各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三片, 水煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Also called Ongyeong-tang. Treats a cycle that is not regulated. Ophiopogon 2 don; Korean angelica 1.5 don; ginseng, prepared pinellia, white peony, cnidium, and moutan bark, 1 don each; pearled ass-hide glue and roasted licorice, 7.5 fun each; evodia and cinnamon bark, 5 fun each. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Po)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Ophiopogon at chief's rank in a formula for cold below is the point of it — evodia and cinnamon warm the vessels while the two moisteners hold the fluids that a long-irregular cycle spends. Angelica, peony, and cnidium build the Blood; moutan clears what has stagnated and heated. A formula that treats the cycle as a system with a warm end and a dry end, and refuses to fix one at the other's cost. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.