Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Ginseng and Astragalus Decoction for Spontaneous Sweating

Samgi-tang

한글 삼기탕 (자한) · Pinyin Shen Qi Tang

參芪湯

Not Dongwon's Ginseng and Astragalus Decoction registered as samgi-tang; the two share a name only.

Composition 構成

Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

4 g
Chief 君

honey-fried (蜜炒)
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣

wine-fried (酒炒)
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Sanjoin Suan Zao Ren
酸棗仁 산조인 · Sour Jujube Seed

4 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒)
Moryeo Mu Li
牡蠣 모려 · Oyster Shell

4 g
Assistant 佐

牡蠣粉, powdered
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

8 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

0.8 g
Envoy 使
Busomaek Fu Xiao Mai
浮小麥 부소맥 · Light Wheat

—
Envoy 使

a pinch
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

—
Envoy 使

1

Total 47.6 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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 spontaneous sweating

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spontaneous sweating from qi and blood vacuity

Biomedical correlates

Hyperhidrosis with fatigue

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治自汗. 黃芪(蜜炒)ㆍ人參ㆍ白朮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ當歸ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ白芍藥(酒炒)ㆍ酸棗仁(炒)ㆍ牡蠣粉各一錢, 陳皮七分, 甘草二分. 右剉, 作一貼, 棗二枚, 浮小麥一撮, 烏梅一箇, 同煎服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats spontaneous sweating. Astragalus (honey-fried), ginseng, white atractylodes, white poria, angelica, cooked rehmannia, white peony (wine-fried), jujube kernel (stir-fried) and oyster shell powder 1 don each; tangerine peel 7 pun; licorice 2 pun. Cut up, make one packet, and decoct with 2 jujubes, a pinch of light wheat and 1 mume. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Jinaek)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Palmul-tang without chuanxiong, with astragalus at the head and oyster shell and jujube kernel to hold the sweat and settle the heart. The supplement for the patient 5.5.2 describes — sweating because the qi and blood behind the surface have run thin. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.