Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Disperse Above and Below and Conduct the Qi Decoction

Sanghabunso-dogi-tang

한글 상하분소도기탕 · Pinyin Shang Xia Fen Xiao Dao Qi Tang

上下分消導氣湯

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Composition 構成

Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

80 g
Chief 君
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

80 g
Chief 君

child-urine fried (便炒)
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

80 g
Deputy 臣
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

80 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

80 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

80 g
Deputy 臣
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

80 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

80 g
Deputy 臣
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

40 g
Assistant 佐

ginger-juice fried (薑汁炒)
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

40 g
Assistant 佐

processed (製)
Gwaruin Gua Lou Ren
瓜蔞仁 과루인 · Trichosanthes Seed

40 g
Assistant 佐
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

40 g
Assistant 佐
Moktong Mu Tong
木通 목통 · Akebia

40 g
Assistant 佐
Binrang Bing Lang
檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed

40 g
Assistant 佐
Maega Mai Ya
麥芽 맥아 · Barley Sprout

40 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒)
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

12 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸)
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使

3 slices per 1 nyang decocted

Total 938 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

Treats qi depression — surpasses Divide the Heart Qi Drink in effect
Suits those who constantly suffer from vexation of the qi

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi depression; a person constantly troubled by vexation of the qi

Biomedical correlates

Chronic functional dyspepsia with anxiety

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣鬱, 功勝分心氣飮. 常患氣惱之人, 可用此. 枳殼ㆍ䓀莄ㆍ桑白皮ㆍ川芎ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ厚朴ㆍ靑皮ㆍ香附子(便炒) 各二兩, 黃連(薑汁炒)ㆍ半夏(製)ㆍ瓜蔞仁ㆍ澤瀉ㆍ木通ㆍ檳榔ㆍ麥芽(炒) 各一兩, 甘草(灸) 三錢. 右剉, 每一兩, 薑三片, 水煎服. 或爲末, 神麴糊和丸, 白湯下七八十丸. 名分消丸. 《回春》

Translation

Treats qi depression, surpassing Divide the Heart Qi Drink in effect. A person constantly troubled by vexation of the qi may use this. Bitter orange, platycodon, mulberry root bark, chuanxiong, red poria, magnolia bark, green tangerine peel and cyperus (child-urine fried) 2 nyang each; coptis (ginger-juice fried), pinellia (processed), trichosanthes seed, alisma, akebia, areca and barley sprout (stir-fried) 1 nyang each; licorice (mix-fried) 3 don. Cut up, and for each 1 nyang add 3 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. Or powdered and bound with leaven paste into pills, seventy to eighty taken with plain hot water — called Disperse Pill. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Gi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

常患氣惱之人 — a person constantly troubled by vexation of the qi — is the indication, and it names a temperament rather than a disease. The formula is for the anxious, and it is made in bulk — two nyang of each — because it is meant to be taken for a long time. 上下分消, dispersing above and below: platycodon and mulberry bark open the top, alisma and akebia drain the bottom, and the qi-movers work the middle. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.