Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Yuchwi (類聚)

Warm the Kidney Decoction

Onsin-tang

한글 온신탕 · Pinyin Wen Shen Tang

溫腎湯

Composition 構成

Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

5 g
Chief 君

1 don 2 pun 5 ri
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

5 g
Chief 君

blast-fried (炮), 1 don 2 pun 5 ri
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

5 g
Deputy 臣

1 don 2 pun 5 ri
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

5 g
Deputy 臣

1 don 2 pun 5 ri

Total 20 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats bladder impediment with urination that does not pass freely

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Bladder impediment — urine not passing freely

Biomedical correlates

Urinary retention with cold signs

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治脬痺, 小便不利. 赤茯苓ㆍ白朮ㆍ澤瀉ㆍ乾薑(炮) 各一錢二分半. 右剉, 作一貼, 空心水煎服. 《類聚》

Translation

Treats bladder impediment with urination that does not pass freely. Red poria, white atractylodes, alisma and dried ginger (blast-fried) 1 don 2 pun 5 ri each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take on an empty stomach. — Yuchwi 類聚 (Donguibogam · Sobyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four medicinals — three that drain and one that warms. The smallest formula in the chapter and the clearest statement of 1.1.2's rule: water moves when the qi is warm enough to transform it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.