Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Pilyong Bang (必用方)

Dry Dampness Decoction

Joseup-tang

한글 조습탕 · Pinyin Zao Shi Tang

燥濕湯

The Bogam notes the alternative name 朮苓芍藥湯 and states explicitly that the formula is Sambaek-tang plus tangerine peel.

Composition 構成

Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

8 g
Chief 君
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

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

6 g
Deputy 臣

stir-fried
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

roasted

Total 26 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 the several kinds of diarrhoea

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen vacuity with damp and qi stagnation
Loose stool with fullness

Biomedical correlates

Functional diarrhoea
Irritable bowel syndrome

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治諸泄瀉. 白朮二錢, 白茯苓ㆍ白芍藥(炒) 各一錢半, 陳皮一錢, 甘草(灸) 五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《必用》 ○此三白湯加陳皮一味也. ○一名朮苓芍藥湯.

Translation

Treats the several kinds of diarrhoea. White atractylodes, 2 don; white poria and stir-fried white peony, 1.5 don each; tangerine peel, 1 don; roasted licorice, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet and decoct in water. This is Sambaek-tang with the one drug tangerine peel added. Also called Chulryeong-jakyak-tang. — Pilyong Bang 必用 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The same three whites with tangerine peel added and the atractylodes raised, which turns a plain damp-draining formula into one that also moves qi. The Bogam's note that it is simply Sambaek-tang plus one drug is characteristic of this chapter's method — it builds the diarrhoea formulas as a visible family, so that a reader can see what each addition is for rather than memorizing a separate prescription. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.