Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Cold Damage)

Ginseng and Perilla Drink

Samso-eum

한글 삼소음 · Pinyin Shen Su Yin

蔘蘇飮

Composition 構成

Soyeop Zi Su Ye
蘇葉 소엽 · Perilla Leaf

4 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeonho Qian Hu
前胡 전호 · Peucedanum

4 g
Deputy 臣
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

4 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

3 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

3 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

3 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

3 g
Envoy 使
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 41 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Actions 效能

Releases the exterior while supporting Qi
Regulates Qi and transforms phlegm

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind-cold in a Qi-deficient patient
Cold with cough and copious sputum
Colds in the elderly or weak that will not resolve

Biomedical correlates

Common cold in frail patients
Lingering cough after cold
Cold with digestive weakness

Clinical commentary 臨床

The gentle answer when Mahwang-class diaphoresis would flatten the patient — Soyeop opens the exterior softly while Insam holds the center. The default cold formula for the deficient and the elderly. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.