Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Hwaje Gukbang (和劑局方)
Lindera and Aloeswood Decoction
Osim-tang
한글 오침탕 · Pinyin Wu Chen Tang
烏沈湯
Composition 構成
- Oyak烏藥 오약 · Lindera40 g
Chief 君 - Chimhyang沈香 침향 · Agarwood20 g
Deputy 臣 - Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng12 g
Assistant 佐 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice16 g
Envoy 使mix-fried (灸)
Total 88 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
- Treats pain of the back
- spine
- heart and abdomen from any qi
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Any qi with pain of back
- spine
- heart and abdomen
Biomedical correlates
- Visceral pain radiating to the back
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治諸氣, 背膂心腹痛. 烏藥 一兩, 沈香 五錢, 甘草(灸) 四錢, 人參 三錢. 右細末, 每一錢, 薑鹽湯點服. 《局方》
Translation
Treats any qi with pain of the back, spine, heart and abdomen. Lindera 1 nyang; aloeswood 5 don; licorice (mix-fried) 4 don; ginseng 3 don. Powder finely and take 1 don at a time sprinkled into ginger-and-salt decoction. — Hwaje Gukbang 局方 (Donguibogam · Gi)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Lindera and aloeswood, both aromatic and both sinking, with ginseng behind them. The Gukbang's formula for pain that goes through to the back — and 背膂, the back and spine, is where visceral pain refers.
A small version follows. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.