Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Dongwon (東垣)

Ginseng and Perilla Warm the Lung Decoction

Samsoonpye-tang

한글 삼소온폐탕 · Pinyin Shen Su Wen Fei Tang

參蘇溫肺湯

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

4 g
Deputy 臣
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

4 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Deputy 臣

processed · toxic in the raw state
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

4 g
Assistant 佐
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

4 g
Assistant 佐
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Assistant 佐
Baekbongnyeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

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Envoy 使

three slices

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats the lung injured by cold in the body and cold drink, with panting and wheezing, vexation of the heart, a full chest and shortness of breath

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cold injuring the lung with wheeze and chest fullness
Lung cold from cold food and drink

Biomedical correlates

Cold-induced bronchospasm

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治形寒飮冷則傷肺ㆍ喘喝ㆍ煩心ㆍ胷滿ㆍ短氣. 人參ㆍ紫蘇葉ㆍ肉桂ㆍ木香ㆍ五味子ㆍ陳皮ㆍ半夏ㆍ桑白皮ㆍ白朮ㆍ白茯苓各一錢, 甘草五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三, 水煎服. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats the lung injured by cold in the body and by cold drink, with panting and wheezing, vexation of the heart, a full chest and shortness of breath. Ginseng, perilla leaf, cinnamon bark, costus, schisandra, tangerine peel, pinellia, mulberry root bark, white atractylodes and white poria, 1 don each; licorice, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger, and decoct in water. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

形寒飮冷則傷肺 is a line of the Inner Classic — a cold body and cold drink injure the lung — and the formula is built straight onto it: ginseng, atractylodes, poria and licorice for the middle, cinnamon and costus to warm, perilla and ginger for the surface. There is no ephedra, which marks it as the formula for the patient too depleted to be opened hard. **Contains pinellia, which is toxic in the raw state and must be properly processed.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.