Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Haejang (海藏)

Three Yang Decoction

Samyang-tang

한글 삼양탕 · Pinyin San Yang Tang

三陽湯

Composition 構成

Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

4 g
Chief 君
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

4 g
Chief 君
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

4 g
Chief 君
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Chief 君
Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Chongbaek Cong Bai
蔥白 총백 · Scallion White

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Envoy 使

3 stalks with the roots

Total 34 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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 headache from the three yang in combined disease

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Three yang combined — headache

Biomedical correlates

Headache in a febrile illness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治三陽合病爲頭痛. 羌活ㆍ防風ㆍ石膏ㆍ白芷ㆍ柴胡ㆍ川芎各一錢, 荊芥ㆍ升麻ㆍ葛根ㆍ芍藥ㆍ細辛各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入連根葱白三莖, 水煎服. 《海藏》

Translation

Treats headache from the three yang in combined disease. Notopterygium, saposhnikovia, gypsum, angelica dahurica, bupleurum and chuanxiong 1 don each; schizonepeta, cimicifuga, pueraria, peony and asarum 5 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add three stalks of scallion white with the roots, decoct in water and take. — Haejang 海藏 (Donguibogam · Du)

Clinical commentary 臨床

1.28 divides headache by channel — greater yang at the back of the head, yang brightness at the forehead, lesser yang at the temples — with a guiding medicinal for each. This formula carries all three guides at once, for a headache that is everywhere. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.