Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Gyeongak Jeonseo (景岳全書)

Bupleurum Soothe the Liver Powder

Sihosogan-tang

한글 시호소간탕 · Pinyin Chai Hu Shu Gan Tang

柴胡疏肝湯

Composition 構成

Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

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

8 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

6 g
Deputy 臣
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

6 g
Deputy 臣
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

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

6 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 42 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

Soothes the Liver and moves constrained Qi
Invigorates Blood and stops hypochondriac pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Liver Qi constraint with flank and rib-side pain
Distending pain worse with emotion with frequent sighing

Biomedical correlates

Stress-related flank and intercostal pain
Functional biliary discomfort
Tension-pattern epigastric pain

Clinical commentary 臨床

Sayeok-san sharpened for pain — the definitive prescription for the rib-side ache that tightens with every stressful phone call. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.