Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Bupleurum Decoction for Liver Fire

Siho-tang

한글 시호탕 (눈) · Pinyin Chai Hu Tang

柴胡湯

Not the Bupleurum Decoction registered elsewhere under the same name; the two share a name only.

Composition 構成

Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

4 g
Chief 君

1 don
Yongdamcho Long Dan Cao
龍膽草 용담초 · Gentian

4 g
Chief 君

草龍膽
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Yeongyo Lian Qiao
連翹 연교 · Forsythia

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

5 pun

Total 34 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 exuberant liver fire with the eyes red
swollen and painful

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Liver fire with a red swollen painful eye

Biomedical correlates

Acute conjunctivitis
Uveitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治肝火盛, 目赤腫痛. 柴胡ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ川芎ㆍ當歸ㆍ靑皮ㆍ草龍膽ㆍ梔子ㆍ連翹各一錢, 甘草五分. 右剉作一貼, 水煎, 食後服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats exuberant liver fire with the eyes red, swollen and painful. Bupleurum, red peony, chuanxiong, Korean angelica, green tangerine peel, gentian, gardenia and forsythia 1 don each; licorice 5 pun. Cut up as one packet, decoct in water, and take after food. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Nine medicinals and no wind drugs at all — this is the formula for a red eye the chapter reads as pure liver fire rather than as wind heat, and the difference from Sanyeol-eumja beside it is exactly that. Green tangerine peel and bupleurum together free the liver qi while gentian drains its fire. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.