Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Bogam (寶鑑)
Lift the Diaphragm Decoction
Ryogyeok-tang
한글 요격탕 · Pinyin Liao Ge Tang
Composition 構成
- Dojiso桃枝梢 도지초 · Peach Twig Tip4 g
Chief 君桃枝梢, the east-growing tips
- Yujiso柳枝梢 유지초 · Willow Twig Tip4 g
Chief 君柳枝梢
- Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice10 g
Deputy 臣raw (生)
- Omae烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum—
Deputy 臣flesh only (烏梅肉), three fruits
- Chija梔子 치자 · Gardenia10 g
Assistant 佐kernels (梔子仁)
Total 28 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.
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Actions 效能
- Ejects phlegm congested in the chest at the start of cold damage
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- The beginning of cold damage with the chest full
- phlegm congested
- cold and heat
- and headache
Biomedical correlates
- Acute febrile illness with chest congestion
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治傷寒初, 胸滿痰壅, 寒熱頭痛. 桃枝梢(東引者)ㆍ柳枝梢 各一錢, 甘草(生) 二錢半, 烏梅肉 三枚, 梔子仁 二錢半. 右剉, 同漿水一大盞半, 煎至一盞, 去滓. 空心分二服, 相次服盡, 以吐爲度. 《寶鑑》
Translation
Treats the beginning of cold damage with the chest full, phlegm congested, cold and heat, and headache. Peach twig tips (those growing eastward) and willow twig tips 1 don each; raw licorice 2 don 5 pun; mume flesh three fruits; gardenia kernels 2 don 5 pun. Cut up and decoct with 1.5 large jan of fermented millet water down to 1 jan; strain off the dregs. On an empty stomach divide into two doses and take them one after the other until finished, vomiting being the measure. — Bogam 寶鑑 (Donguibogam · To)