Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Uibang Jimnyak (醫方集略)

Wake the Spleen and Rear the Stomach Decoction

Seongbiyugwi-tang

한글 성비육위탕 · Pinyin Xing Pi Yu Wei Tang

醒脾育胃湯

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

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

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gwakhyang Huo Xiang
藿香 곽향 · Korean Mint

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

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Jisil Zhi Shi
枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange

2 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

4 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

4 g
Envoy 使 2 pieces

Total 47.6 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

Boosts the middle burner Qi while waking its sluggish transformation
Settles acid upflow on a vacuously blocked center

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Middle-burner Qi insufficient with food untransformed (中焦氣不足飮食不化)
Vacuity glomus with acid swallowing (虛痞呑酸)
Weak digestion with damp encumbrance

Biomedical correlates

Functional dyspepsia with acid regurgitation
Weak digestion with bloating
Reflux-adjacent complaints on a depleted ground

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治中焦氣不足, 飮食不化, 虛痞呑酸. 人參ㆍ白朮ㆍ白茯苓各一錢, 半夏ㆍ縮砂ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ麥芽ㆍ蒼朮ㆍ厚朴ㆍ藿香ㆍ陳皮各八分, 枳實五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三棗二, 水煎服. 《集略》

Translation

Treats middle-burner Qi insufficiency with food and drink untransformed, vacuity glomus, and acid swallowing. Ginseng, white atractylodes, and white poria, 1 don each; pinellia, amomum, white peony, barley sprout, atractylodes, magnolia bark, agastache, and tangerine peel, 0.8 don each; unripe bitter orange 0.5 don. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take. — Jimnyak 集略 (Donguibogam · Naesang)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A Korean formulary's double verb — wake what is drowsy, rear what is undernourished — with the ginseng trio holding the center while a full crew of dryers and movers rouses it. The sour swallow in the indication marks its modern kin: the weak stomach that refluxes precisely because it is weak. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.