Formulas · Stop Cough & Wheeze 止咳平喘 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Cough)

Three-Unbinding Decoction

Samyo-tang

한글 삼요탕 · Pinyin San Ao Tang

三拗湯

Composition 構成

Mahwang Ma Huang
麻黃 마황 · Ephedra

6 g
Chief 君
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

6 g
Deputy 臣
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

5 g
Envoy 使

Total 23 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

Disseminates Lung Qi and releases the exterior
Stops cough and calms wheezing

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind-cold fettering the Lung
Cough with nasal congestion and hoarse voice
Wheezing from external constraint

Biomedical correlates

Acute cough from common cold
Early bronchitis
Cold-triggered wheeze

Clinical commentary 臨床

Mahwang-tang minus Gyeji, with the three remaining herbs left unrefined — "unbinding" refers to the rough preparation, keeping their dispersing edge. The minimal statement of opening a Lung shut by cold. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.