Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Dansim (丹心)

Divide and Disperse Central Fullness Decoction

Jungmanbunso-tang

한글 중만분소탕 · Pinyin Zhong Man Fen Xiao Tang

中滿分消湯

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Chief 君
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

2 g
Chief 君
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

2 g
Chief 君
Ikjiin Yi Zhi Ren
益智仁 익지인 · Alpinia

3 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

3 g
Deputy 臣
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

3 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

3 g
Deputy 臣
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

2 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

2 g
Assistant 佐
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2 g
Assistant 佐
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

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

2 g
Assistant 佐
Piljeungga Bi Cheng Qie
蓽澄茄 필징가 · Cubeb

2 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

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

2 g
Assistant 佐
Chodugu Cao Dou Kou
草豆蔲 초두구 · Katsumada Galangal Seed

2 g
Assistant 佐

草豆蔲
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

3 g
Envoy 使

Total 41 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

Divides and disperses central fullness in cold distension
Warms the centre and frees both passages

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Central fullness with cold distension
stool and urine both blocked

Biomedical correlates

Abdominal distension with cold extremities and constipation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治中滿, 寒脹, 大小便不通. 益智仁ㆍ半夏ㆍ木香ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ升麻各七分半, 川芎ㆍ人參ㆍ靑皮ㆍ當歸ㆍ柴胡ㆍ生薑ㆍ乾薑ㆍ蓽澄茄ㆍ黃連ㆍ黃芪ㆍ吳茱萸ㆍ草豆蔲ㆍ厚朴各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats central fullness, cold distension, with stool and urine both blocked. Alpinia, pinellia, costus, red poria and cimicifuga 7.5 pun each; chuanxiong, ginseng, green tangerine peel, angelica, bupleurum, fresh ginger, dry ginger, cubeb, coptis, astragalus, evodia, tsaoko and magnolia bark 5 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Changman)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Eighteen medicinals, none above 7.5 pun, and the whole design is Dongwon's — supplement and raise while warming and dispersing. Cimicifuga and bupleurum lift, astragalus and ginseng hold, the two gingers and evodia warm, and coptis is the single cold medicinal, present to keep the warmth from becoming heat. The chapter names this first among the cold distension formulas and pairs it with the Jungmanbunso-hwan at 3.5.6.3, whose own source line says plainly that it treats heat distension and not cold. The two share a name and are opposites. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.