Formulas · Tonify Yang 補陽 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Deer Antler Great Tonifying Decoction

Nokyongdaebo-tang

한글 녹용대보탕 · Pinyin Lu Rong Da Bu Tang

鹿茸大補湯

Composition 構成

Nokyong Lu Rong
鹿茸 녹용 · Deer Velvet Antler

2 g
Chief 君
Yukjongyong Rou Cong Rong
肉蓯蓉 육종용 · Cistanche

4 g
Deputy 臣
Duchung Du Zhong
杜沖 두충 · Eucommia Bark

4 g
Deputy 臣
Buja Fu Zi
附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite

2.8 g
Deputy 臣 blast-fried
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

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

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Seokgok Shi Hu
石斛 석곡 · Dendrobium

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

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

2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

2 g
Assistant 佐
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

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

4 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

4 g
Envoy 使 2 pieces
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1 g
Envoy 使 roasted

Total 49.4 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

Warms and supplements Kidney Yang and essence in all vacuity detriment
Boosts Qi and nourishes Blood with warming assistance

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Vacuity taxation with shortage of Qi (虛勞少氣)
All manner of vacuity detriment (一切虛損)
Cold-predominant depletion with weak digestion

Biomedical correlates

Frailty and exhaustion in cold-intolerant patients
Convalescent debility with poor appetite
Age-related decline with low libido and weak lower back

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治虛勞少氣, 一切虛損. 肉蓯蓉ㆍ杜沖各一錢, 白芍藥ㆍ白朮ㆍ附子(炮)ㆍ人參ㆍ肉桂ㆍ半夏ㆍ石斛ㆍ五味子各七分, 鹿茸ㆍ黃芪ㆍ當歸ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ熟地黃各五分, 甘草二分半. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三棗二, 煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats vacuity taxation with shortage of Qi, and all manner of vacuity detriment. Cistanche and eucommia, 1 don each; white peony, white atractylodes, blast-fried aconite, ginseng, cinnamon bark, pinellia, dendrobium, and schisandra, 0.7 don each; deer antler, astragalus, Korean angelica, white poria, and prepared rehmannia, 0.5 don each; licorice 0.25 don. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct and take. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Heoro)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Everything at once, nothing in excess — antler, cistanche, and aconite warm the root while the Eight Substances frame keeps Qi and Blood fed, in doses small enough that a wrecked digestion can actually carry them. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.