Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Ginseng and Tangkuei Nourish the Construction Decoction

Samgwi-yangyeong-tang

한글 삼귀양영탕 · Pinyin Shen Gui Yang Rong Tang

參歸養榮湯

痓 is used for 痙, tetany; 陰痓 is the yin type, with cold limbs and no fever.

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Chief 君
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

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

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
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two fruits

Total 34 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 wind phlegm tetany and yin tetany
Supplements qi and blood to relax the sinews

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi and blood vacuity with tetany
Yin tetany with sinew contracture

Biomedical correlates

Tetany with debility
Post-tetanus convalescence

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風痰痓ㆍ陰痓. 人參ㆍ當歸ㆍ川芎ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ白朮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ陳皮各一錢, 甘草五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 棗二枚, 水煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats wind phlegm tetany and yin tetany. Ginseng, tangkuei, chuanxiong, white peony, cooked rehmannia, atractylodes, poria and tangerine peel, 1 don each; licorice, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and two jujubes, and decoct in water. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The eight-substance decoction with tangerine peel, and the only formula in the lockjaw section that supplements rather than attacks. Yin tetany — rigidity in a cold, depleted patient without fever — is the indication, and for that the right treatment is indeed to fill rather than to disperse. Its presence here is the section's acknowledgement that not every rigid patient has wind toxin, and that some are simply exhausted. The safest formula of the group by a wide margin. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.