Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Injae Jikji (仁齋直指方)

Warm the Stomach Decoction

Onwi-tang

한글 온위탕 · Pinyin Wen Wei Tang

溫胃湯

Composition 構成

Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

6 g
Chief 君

blast-fried (炮)
Buja Fu Zi
附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite

5 g
Chief 君

blast-fried (炮) · toxic
Banhaguk Ban Xia Qu
半夏麴 반하국 · Fermented Pinellia

5 g
Deputy 臣
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

5 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

5 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

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

5 g
Assistant 佐
Cheoncho Chuan Jiao
川椒 천초 · Sichuan Pepper

4 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒)
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

5 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸)

Total 45 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 a vacuous cold stomach qi
Disperses distension and restores the appetite

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Stomach qi vacuous and cold
with distension and fullness and food not going down

Biomedical correlates

Gastroparesis with cold signs
Functional dyspepsia with distension

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治胃氣虛冷, 脹滿食不下. 乾薑(炮) 一錢半, 附子(炮)ㆍ半夏麴ㆍ厚朴ㆍ人參ㆍ陳皮ㆍ甘草(灸)ㆍ當歸各一錢二分半, 川椒(炒) 一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《直指》

Translation

Treats stomach qi vacuous and cold, with distension and fullness and food not going down. Dry ginger (blast-fried) 1.5 don; aconite (blast-fried), fermented pinellia, magnolia bark, ginseng, tangerine peel, licorice (mix-fried) and angelica 1 don 2.5 pun each; zanthoxylum (stir-fried) 1 don. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Injae Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Changman)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The plainest of the cold distension formulas: warm the stomach and the distension goes. Dry ginger, aconite and zanthoxylum supply the heat, ginseng and licorice the support, and only magnolia bark addresses the distension directly. **Contains aconite, which is toxic even when blast-fried. Not suitable for self-administration.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.