Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Lindera and Cyperus Free the Qi Decoction

Obutonggi-tang

한글 오부통기탕 · Pinyin Wu Fu Tong Qi Tang

烏附通氣湯

Composition 構成

Oyak Wu Yao
烏藥 오약 · Lindera

4 g
Chief 君

1 don
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

4 g
Chief 君

1 don
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

7 pun
Sansa Shan Zha
山楂 산사 · Hawthorn

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 don
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐

橘皮, 1 don
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

2 g
Assistant 佐

5 pun
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

2 g
Assistant 佐

5 pun
Jeoryeong Zhu Ling
猪苓 저령 · Polyporus

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

3 pun
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

1.2 g
Envoy 使

3 pun
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

3 pun

Total 34.4 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

Treats mounting disease new or long-standing
and answers for both the four-qi and the seven-affect mountings

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Mounting qi from qi constraint
Mounting with damp and food stagnation

Biomedical correlates

Inguinal hernia pain
Functional lower abdominal pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治新久疝病, 四氣七情疝皆效. 烏藥ㆍ香附子ㆍ當歸ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ山査肉ㆍ橘皮各一錢, 白朮七分, 赤茯苓ㆍ澤瀉各五分, 猪苓ㆍ木香ㆍ甘草各三分. 右剉作一貼, 水煎空心服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats mounting disease new or long-standing, and answers for both the four-qi and the seven-affect mountings. Lindera, cyperus, Korean angelica, white peony, hawthorn flesh and tangerine peel 1 don each; white atractylodes 7 pun; red poria and alisma 5 pun each; polyporus, saussurea and licorice 3 pun each. Cut up as one packet, decoct in water, and take on an empty stomach. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Jeoneum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A decoction rather than a pill, and the only general treatment here mild enough to give for a long while. Oryeong-san sits in the lower half of it, which is the chapter's own argument for why the four-qi and seven-affect mountings are treated alike — damp drained below while lindera and cyperus free the qi above. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.