Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Seonmyeongnon (宣明論)

Three Yellows Decoction

Samhwang-tang

한글 삼황탕 · Pinyin San Huang Tang

三黃湯

The source gives only the conversion from the pill; the three constituents are entered at an equal share of the stated 1.5 don.

Composition 構成

Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2 g
Chief 君

from Samhwang-hwan
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

2 g
Chief 君

as part of the same
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

2 g
Chief 君

as part of the same

Total 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

Clears accumulated heat in all three burners

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Accumulated heat

Biomedical correlates

Febrile inflammatory states

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治同上. 以三黃元材, 每取一錢半, 剉作一服, 水煎服. 《宣明》

Translation

Treats the same as above. Take the material of the Three Yellows Pill, 1 don 5 pun at a time, cut up as one dose, decoct in water and take. — Seonmyeongnon 宣明 (Donguibogam · Hwa)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A pill formula given as a decoction, and the chapter notes the conversion rather than the composition. The three yellows — scutellaria for the upper burner, coptis for the middle, phellodendron for the lower — are the chapter's basic answer to heat wherever it sits. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.