Bamboo Skin Decoction

Jukpi-tang

한글 죽피탕 · Pinyin Zhu Pi Tang

竹皮湯

The alternative name 竹茹湯 confirms that 靑竹皮 here is the same drug as 竹茹; measured by volume, so grams are given as 0.

Composition 構成

Jugyeo Zhu Ru
竹茹 죽여 · Bamboo Shavings

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Chief 君

one seung, scraped from green bamboo

Total 0 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

Clears heat from the stomach
Resolves the yin-yang exchange pattern and relapse

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Yin-yang exchange pattern after cold damage
Relapse from exertion with nausea

Biomedical correlates

Relapsing convalescent fever with nausea

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治陰陽易及勞復病. 刮取靑竹皮一升, 水三升, 煮取一升, 分二服. ○一名竹茹湯. 《綱目》

Translation

Treats the yin-yang exchange disease and relapse from exertion. Scrape off 1 seung of green bamboo skin, decoct in 3 seung of water, take 1 seung and divide into two doses. ○ Also called <span class='sochu'>Jukyeo-tang</span> 竹茹湯. — Gangmok 綱目 (Donguibogam · Han, lower)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A single drug, which is why the alternative name matters: 竹皮 and 竹茹 are the same thing, the green outer layer scraped from a bamboo stem. Decocting a seung of it down from three to one is a long reduction for a mild drug, and the point is to get a drinkable volume of something gentle into a convalescent rather than to concentrate a strong effect. The simplest formula in this section and the safest. For anything beyond nausea and mild heat, the compound formulas that follow are better suited. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.