Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Three Seeds Nourish the Parent Decoction

Samjayangchin-tang

한글 삼자양친탕 · Pinyin San Zi Yang Qin Tang

三子養親湯

Composition 構成

Soja Zi Su Zi
蘇子 자소자 · Perilla Seed

4 g
Chief 君

lightly dry-fried on paper and ground
Nabokja Lai Fu Zi
萊菔子 나복자 · Radish Seed

4 g
Chief 君

lightly dry-fried on paper and ground
Baekgaeja Bai Jie Zi
白芥子 백개자 · White Mustard Seed

4 g
Chief 君

lightly dry-fried on paper and ground

Total 12 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

Treats cough with hurried breathing
Nourishes the spleen and brings on the appetite

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Phlegm qi cough with hurried breathing in the elderly

Biomedical correlates

Chronic bronchitis in the elderly

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治咳嗽氣急, 養脾進食. 紫蘇子ㆍ蘿葍子ㆍ白芥子各一錢, 紙上微炒硏, 煮湯飮, 勿煎太過, 味苦. 《入門》

Translation

Treats cough with hurried breathing; it nourishes the spleen and brings on the appetite. Perilla seed, radish seed and white mustard seed, 1 don each, lightly dry-fried on paper and ground; boil them into a drink, and do not decoct them too long or the taste turns bitter. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Three seeds, a don of each, and the most used formula in this part of the chapter — still prescribed, and still under this name. Perilla seed brings the qi down, radish seed moves food and phlegm, white mustard seed cuts phlegm in the chest wall; together they treat the elderly patient who coughs, wheezes and has no appetite, which is what 養親, nourishing one's parents, refers to. 勿煎太過, 味苦 — do not boil it too long or it turns bitter — is a real instruction and not a nicety. The seeds are aromatic and their volatile oils are what work; a long decoction drives them off and leaves a bitter drink an old patient will refuse. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.