Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Dongwon (東垣)

Warm the Stomach Decoction for Stomach-Duct Pain

Onwi-tang

한글 온위탕 (위완통) · Pinyin Wen Wei Tang

溫胃湯

Not the Dongwon formula registered as onwi-tang; the two share a name only.

Composition 構成

Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

28 g
Chief 君

7 don
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

28 g
Chief 君

7 don
Ikjiin Yi Zhi Ren
益智仁 익지인 · Alpinia

24 g
Deputy 臣

6 don
Baekdugu Bai Dou Kou
白豆蔻 백두구 · Round Cardamom

12 g
Deputy 臣

白豆蔲, 3 don
Ganghwang Jiang Huang
薑黃 강황 · Turmeric

12 g
Deputy 臣

3 don
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

12 g
Deputy 臣

3 don
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

12 g
Deputy 臣

3 don
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

8 g
Deputy 臣

2 don
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

8 g
Assistant 佐

縮砂, 2 don
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

8 g
Assistant 佐

2 don
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

8 g
Envoy 使

2 don
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使

3 slices

Total 166 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats stomach-duct pain from having taken too many cold medicines

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Stomach cold from cold medicines — epigastric pain

Biomedical correlates

Gastritis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治服寒藥多, 胃脘痛. 陳皮ㆍ黃芪各七錢, 益智仁六錢, 白豆蔲ㆍ薑黃ㆍ乾薑ㆍ澤瀉各三錢, 縮砂ㆍ厚朴ㆍ人參ㆍ甘草各二錢. 右爲末, 每三錢, 入薑三片, 水煎服. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats stomach-duct pain from having taken too many cold medicines. Tangerine peel and astragalus 7 don each; alpinia oxyphylla 6 don; cardamom, turmeric, dried ginger and alisma 3 don each; amomum, magnolia bark, ginseng and licorice 2 don each. Powder them and take 3 don at a time with 3 slices of ginger, decocted in water. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Hyung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

服寒藥多 — too many cold medicines taken. The chapter keeps a formula for the damage its own treatments do, which is worth noticing: a stomach pain that began as heat and was cooled into cold. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.