Costus Divide the Qi Pill

Mokhyangbungi-hwan

한글 목향분기환 · Pinyin Mu Xiang Fen Qi Wan

木香分氣丸

No weights are given in the source; grams entered at 40 each as a notional equal share.

Composition 構成

Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

40 g
Chief 君

equal parts (各等分)
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

40 g
Chief 君
Binrang Bing Lang
檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed

40 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

40 g
Deputy 臣
Bongchul E Zhu
莪朮 봉출 · Zedoary

40 g
Deputy 臣

蓬朮; equal parts
Samneung San Leng
三稜 삼릉 · Sparganium

40 g
Deputy 臣
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

40 g
Assistant 佐

dried fresh ginger (乾生薑); equal parts
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

40 g
Assistant 佐
Ganghwang Jiang Huang
薑黃 강황 · Turmeric

40 g
Assistant 佐
Hyeonhosaek Yan Hu Suo
玄胡索 현호색 · Corydalis

40 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

40 g
Assistant 佐
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

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

40 g
Assistant 佐
Yukdugu Rou Dou Kou
肉豆蔻 육두구 · Nutmeg

40 g
Assistant 佐

肉豆蔲; equal parts

Total 560 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

Harmonizes spleen and stomach
Disperses distension of abdomen and ribside
Calms phlegm cough and aids digestion

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen and stomach not in harmony
with distension of the abdomen and ribside
phlegm cough with hasty panting
and food not transformed

Biomedical correlates

Functional dyspepsia with distension and cough

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治脾胃不和, 腹脇膨脹, 痰嗽喘急, 飮食不化. 木香ㆍ檳榔ㆍ靑皮ㆍ蓬朮ㆍ乾生薑ㆍ當歸ㆍ薑黃ㆍ玄胡索ㆍ白朮ㆍ枳殼ㆍ三稜ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ陳皮ㆍ肉豆蔲. 右爲末, 麪糊和丸小豆大. 薑湯呑下三五十丸. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats spleen and stomach not in harmony, with distension of the abdomen and ribside, phlegm cough with hasty panting, and food and drink not transformed. Costus, areca, green tangerine peel, curcuma, dried fresh ginger, angelica, turmeric, corydalis, white atractylodes, bitter orange, sparganium, red poria, tangerine peel and nutmeg. Powder them, make pills with wheat paste the size of a small bean, and take thirty to fifty down with ginger decoction. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Changman)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Fourteen medicinals with no weights given, which the Bogam does only where the proportions were taken to be obvious or unimportant. Angelica, turmeric and corydalis give it a blood layer the other qi formulas lack, and white atractylodes and poria hold the centre while sparganium and curcuma break. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.