Schisandra Decoction

Omija-tang

한글 오미자탕 · Pinyin Wu Wei Zi Tang

五味子湯

Composition 構成

Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

12 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

8 g
Chief 君
Maengmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

8 g
Deputy 臣
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

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

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

—
Envoy 使

five slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two dates

Total 44 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients 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

Astringes the lung qi and restores the pulse
Stops urgent panting

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cold damage with urgent panting
a hidden pulse and reversal cold of the limbs
Lung qi collapsing with the pulse failing

Biomedical correlates

Respiratory failure with shock
Severe pneumonia with circulatory collapse

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治傷寒喘促ㆍ脉伏而厥. 五味子三錢, 人參ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ杏仁ㆍ陳皮各二錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑五片, 棗二枚, 水煎服. 《活人》 ○一名加味生脉散. 《入門》 ○治脉伏喘促ㆍ手足厥逆, 用此救之. 《咳嗽門》

Translation

Treats cold damage with urgent panting, a hidden pulse and reversal cold. Schisandra, 3 don; ginseng, ophiopogon, apricot kernel and tangerine peel, 2 don each. Cut up, make one packet, add five slices of ginger and two dates and decoct in water. — Hwarin 活人 ○ Also called <span class='sochu'>Gami-saengmaek-san</span> 加味生脉散. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Han, lower) ○ Treats a buried pulse with hurried panting and cold reversal of the hands and feet; this is used to rescue such a case.

Clinical commentary 臨床

Generate the Pulse Powder with apricot kernel and tangerine peel added, as the alternative name says outright, and the additions are for the lung: apricot kernel to bring the panting down, tangerine peel to move what is blocking it. Schisandra leads at 3 don, which is the formula's whole logic — a pulse that has gone into hiding and limbs that have turned cold mean the qi is scattering, and schisandra is the drug that gathers it back. This is a genuinely useful formula for the exhausted end of a respiratory illness, where the panting is no longer from repletion but from the lung giving out. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.