Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Dongwon (東垣)

Warm the Lung Decoction

Onpye-tang

한글 온폐탕 · Pinyin Wen Fei Tang

溫肺湯

Composition 構成

Mahwang Ma Huang
麻黃 마황 · Ephedra

8 g
Chief 君

2 don
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

6 g
Chief 君

1 don 5 pun
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

6 g
Deputy 臣

1 don 5 pun
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

4 g
Deputy 臣
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

4 g
Deputy 臣
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeonghyang Ding Xiang
丁香 정향 · Clove

0.8 g
Assistant 佐

2 pun
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸)
Chongbaek Cong Bai
蔥白 총백 · Scallion White

—
Envoy 使

3 roots

Total 36.8 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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

Treats a nose that does not smell scent or stench

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Lung cold — loss of smell

Biomedical correlates

Anosmia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治鼻不聞香臭. 麻黃二錢, 黃芪ㆍ升麻各一錢半, 防風ㆍ葛根ㆍ羌活ㆍ甘草(灸) 各一錢, 丁香二分. 右麤末, 水二盞, 葱白三根, 同煎至一盞, 食後溫服. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats a nose that does not smell scent or stench. Ephedra 2 don; astragalus and cimicifuga 1 don 5 pun each; saposhnikovia, pueraria, notopterygium and licorice (mix-fried) 1 don each; clove 2 pun. Grind coarse and boil in two jan of water with 3 roots of scallion white down to one jan; take warm after food. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Bi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Ephedra at two don with astragalus behind it — opening the surface while holding it, which is Dongwon's habit. Two pun of clove is the whole warming part, and it is what the title names. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.