Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Upraising Two Matured Ingredients Decoction

Seungbalijin-tang

한글 승발이진탕 · Pinyin Sheng Fa Er Chen Tang

升發二陳湯

Composition 構成

Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

8 g
Chief 君
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

6 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

6 g
Deputy 臣蕪芎
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

6 g
Deputy 臣
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

4 g
Assistant 佐
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

4 g
Assistant 佐
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

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

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 48 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

Raises and effuses depressed phlegm
Dries damp and transforms phlegm
Frees what has sunk and will not rise

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Phlegm depression that has sunk and will not disperse
Chest fullness with lassitude

Biomedical correlates

Chronic phlegm retention
Functional chest oppression

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治痰鬱. 半夏二錢, 陳皮ㆍ蕪芎ㆍ赤茯苓各一錢半, 柴胡ㆍ防風ㆍ升麻ㆍ甘草各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats phlegm depression. Pinellia 2 don; tangerine peel, chuanxiong and red poria 1.5 don each; bupleurum, saposhnikovia, cimicifuga and licorice 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct and take. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Jeokchwi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Ijin-tang with bupleurum, saposhnikovia and cimicifuga added, and the three additions are the point. All three lift and effuse, and none of them acts on phlegm at all. The name says what the formula thinks: depression is qi that should have risen and did not, so the treatment for depressed phlegm is to raise the qi and let the phlegm follow. Set this beside the previous formula, which reaches the same phlegm by coursing and downbearing — the section offers both directions without ranking them. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.