Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Ilgwandang (一貫堂經驗方)

Bupleurum Clear the Liver Decoction

Sihocheonggan-tang

한글 시호청간탕 · Pinyin Chai Hu Qing Gan Tang

柴胡淸肝湯

Composition 構成

Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

4 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

3 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

3 g
Deputy 臣
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

3 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

3 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

3 g
Assistant 佐
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

3 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

3 g
Assistant 佐
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

3 g
Assistant 佐
Yeongyo Lian Qiao
連翹 연교 · Forsythia

3 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

3 g
Assistant 佐
Ubangja Niu Bang Zi
牛蒡子 우방자 · Burdock Seed

3 g
Assistant 佐
Cheonhwabun Tian Hua Fen
天花粉 천화분 · Trichosanthes Root

3 g
Assistant 佐
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

2 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 44 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

Clears constrained heat from the Liver channel
Nourishes Blood while resolving toxicity

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Liver-channel heat constitution with irritability
Recurrent inflammation of neck glands ears and throat in lean tense patients

Biomedical correlates

Recurrent tonsillitis and lymphadenitis in children (a Kampo constitutional standard)
Irritable allergic constitutions

Clinical commentary 臨床

The Ikkando school's formula for the wiry, irritable child whose throat and glands flare with every stress — a constitutional prescription as much as a symptomatic one. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.