Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Regulate the Centre and Order the Qi Decoction

Jojung-igi-tang

한글 조중이기탕 · Pinyin Tiao Zhong Li Qi Tang

調中理氣湯

Composition 構成

Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Chief 君
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Binrang Bing Lang
檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

2 g
Assistant 佐

Total 27.2 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 vacuity dysentery with the qi weak and the patient exhausted
Regulates and orders a dysentery

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen qi vacuity with qi stagnation in dysentery
Convalescent dysentery

Biomedical correlates

Chronic dysentery
Post-infectious bowel disorder

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治虛痢氣弱困倦. 白朮ㆍ枳殼ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ檳榔各一錢, 蒼朮ㆍ陳皮各八分, 厚朴七分, 木香五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 此治痢調理之劑也. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats vacuity dysentery with the qi weak and the patient exhausted. White atractylodes, bitter orange, white peony and areca, 1 don each; atractylodes and tangerine peel, 8 fun each; magnolia bark, 7 fun; costus root, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet and decoct in water. This is the medicine for regulating and ordering a dysentery. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The Uigam's closing note is the point: this is the regulating formula, for after the dysentery rather than during it. Nothing in it clears heat or binds the stool; it is all spleen support and qi movement, for a patient left weak and bloated once the illness has passed. Every dysentery section in this chapter needs a formula like this and only here is one named for the purpose. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.