Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Dansim (丹心)

Raw Aconite Decoction

Saengbu-tang

한글 생부탕 · Pinyin Sheng Fu Tang

生附湯

Composition 構成

Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

6 g
Chief 君
Buja Fu Zi
附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite

2.8 g
Chief 君

raw (生) · toxic
Duchung Du Zhong
杜仲 두충 · Eucommia Bark

6 g
Deputy 臣
Useul Niu Xi
牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes

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

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

8 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2.8 g
Envoy 使

Total 45.6 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 all patterns of damp damage
Warms and dries cold damp

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

All patterns of damage by damp
Cold damp

Biomedical correlates

Arthralgia with cold and heaviness
Lumbar pain with damp

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治傷濕諸證, 又治寒濕. 蒼朮ㆍ杜沖各一錢半, 附子(生)ㆍ牛膝ㆍ厚朴ㆍ乾薑ㆍ白朮ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ甘草各七分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三棗二, 水煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats all patterns of damage by damp, and also treats cold damp. Atractylodes lancea and eucommia 1.5 don each; aconite (raw), achyranthes, magnolia bark, dry ginger, white atractylodes, red poria and licorice 7 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Seup)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Eucommia and achyranthes are the additions that distinguish this from the other raw aconite formula at 3.8.3.3, and both act on the lumbus and knees — this is the version for damp that has settled in the low back. The section at 3.11.6 names the combination outright: for treating damp, nothing equals raw aconite with atractylodes lancea. **Contains raw aconite, which is highly toxic. Must not be prepared or taken.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.