Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Ginseng and Astragalus Decoction for Enuresis

Samgi-tang

한글 삼기탕 (유뇨) · Pinyin Shen Qi Tang

參芪湯

Not Dongwon's samgi-tang, nor the sweating formulas samgi-tang-jahan and samgi-tang-dohan; the four share a name only.

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

4 g
Chief 君

honey-fried (蜜炒)
Ikjiin Yi Zhi Ren
益智仁 익지인 · Alpinia

3.2 g
Chief 君

ground (硏)
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

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
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

2 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

2 g
Assistant 佐
Buja Fu Zi
附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite

—
Assistant 佐

blast-fried (炮), for the old · toxic
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

8 g
Envoy 使

2 pieces
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使

3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

Total 50.4 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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 enuresis from qi vacuity

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi vacuity — urine passed without knowing

Biomedical correlates

Stress incontinence
Enuresis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣虛遺尿. 人參ㆍ黃芪(蜜炒)ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ當歸ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ白朮ㆍ陳皮各一錢, 益智仁(硏) 八分, 升麻ㆍ肉桂各五分, 甘草三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三片, 棗二枚, 水煎空心服. 老人加炮附子. 《回春》

Translation

Treats enuresis from qi vacuity. Ginseng, astragalus (honey-fried), white poria, angelica, cooked rehmannia, white atractylodes and tangerine peel 1 don each; alpinia (ground) 8 pun; cimicifuga and cinnamon 5 pun each; licorice 3 pun. Cut up, make one packet, and decoct in water with 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes; take on an empty stomach. For the old, add blast-fried aconite. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Sobyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Palmul-tang with cimicifuga to lift and alpinia to hold — incontinence treated as the centre qi falling rather than the kidney failing, which is the Internal Damage chapter's reasoning applied to the bladder. **Contains aconite in the variant for the elderly, which is toxic.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.