Formulas · Transform Dampness 化濕 · Hwaje Gukbang (和劑局方)
Percolate Dampness Decoction (Gukbang)
Samseup-tang
한글 삼습탕(국방) · Pinyin Shen Shi Tang
A second formula of the same name from the Hoechun, given at 3.11.2 for damp of every kind, is registered separately by source suffix. The Dansim variant appended here is recorded in the source text rather than registered.
Composition 構成
- Jeokbokryeong赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)8 g
Chief 君 - Geongang乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger8 g
Chief 君blast-fried (炮)
- Changchul蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes4 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekchul白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes4 g
Deputy 臣 - Gyulhong橘紅 귤홍 · Red Tangerine Peel2 g
Assistant 佐 - Jeonghyang丁香 정향 · Clove2 g
Assistant 佐 - Daejo大棗 대조 · Jujube8 g
Envoy 使 - Saenggang生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger6 g
Envoy 使 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice4 g
Envoy 使
Total 46 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
- Warms and dries cold damp
- Frees the urine and checks loose stool
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Damage by cold damp with the body heavy and fixed as though sitting in water
- urine rough and stool loose
Biomedical correlates
- Diarrhoea with heaviness and oliguria
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治寒濕所傷, 身體重着, 如坐水中, 小便澁, 大便利. 赤茯苓ㆍ乾薑(炮) 各二錢, 蒼朮ㆍ白朮ㆍ甘草 各一錢, 橘紅ㆍ丁香 各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三棗二, 水煎服. 《局方》 一方, 蒼朮ㆍ半夏麴 各二錢, 厚朴ㆍ藿香ㆍ陳皮ㆍ白朮ㆍ白茯苓 各一錢, 甘草 五分. 劑法服法如上. 《丹心》
Translation
Treats damage by cold damp with the body heavy and fixed as though sitting in water, the urine rough and the stool loose. Red poria and dry ginger (blast-fried) 2 don each; atractylodes lancea, white atractylodes and licorice 1 don each; red tangerine peel and clove 5 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take. Another version: atractylodes lancea and fermented pinellia 2 don each, magnolia bark, agastache, tangerine peel, white atractylodes and white poria 1 don each, licorice 5 pun; prepared and taken as above. — Hwaje Gukbang 局方 (Donguibogam · Seup)