Formulas · Stop Cough & Wheeze 止咳平喘 · Junggyeong (仲景)

Belamcanda Decoction

Sagan-tang

한글 사간탕  ·  Pinyin She Gan Tang

射干湯

Composition 構成

Total 46 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

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • Heat lurking within after a sudden chill — incessant cough
  • hoarse or lost voice
  • a dry cough with a blocked feeling in the throat

Biomedical correlates

  • Acute laryngotracheitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治天行暴寒, 熱伏於內, 咳嗽不得息, 喉瘂失聲, 或乾嗽無唾, 喉中如梗. 半夏 二錢, 杏仁ㆍ陳皮ㆍ桂心ㆍ枳實 各一錢, 射干ㆍ當歸ㆍ獨活ㆍ麻黃ㆍ紫菀ㆍ甘草 各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑 五片, 水煎服. 《仲景》

Translation

Treats a seasonal epidemic with sudden cold, heat lurking within, coughing without rest, a mute throat and lost voice, or a dry cough with no spittle and the throat as if blocked. Pinellia 2 don; apricot kernel, tangerine peel, cinnamon heartwood and immature bitter orange 1 don each; belamcanda, angelica, pubescent angelica, ephedra, aster and licorice 5 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Junggyeong 仲景 (Donguibogam · Seongeum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Belamcanda is the throat medicinal of the classical pharmacy and the formula is named for it, though pinellia is twice its weight — the cough is treated first and the voice second. 喉中如梗, the throat as if a twig were lodged in it, is the globus the Blood chapter's Sachil-tang also treats, here from heat rather than qi. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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