Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Hwaje Gukbang (和劑局方)

New Method Pinellia Decoction

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한글 신법반하탕 · Pinyin Xin Fa Ban Xia Tang

新法半夏湯

The alum used in processing (白礬末一兩) is a soaking agent discarded with the liquid and is not carried as an ingredient.

Composition 構成

Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

160 g
Chief 君 sliced, soaked a day in alum solution (白礬末 1 nyang), then a day in ginger juice, boiled until the liquid is gone, dry-roasted and powdered
Gyulhong Ju Hong
橘紅 귤홍 · Red Tangerine Peel

40 g
Deputy 臣
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

40 g
Assistant 佐縮砂
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

40 g
Assistant 佐 stir-fried (炒)
Chogwa Cao Guo
草果 초과 · Tsaoko Fruit

40 g
Assistant 佐
Jeonghyang Ding Xiang
丁香 정향 · Clove

20 g
Assistant 佐
Baekdugu Bai Dou Kou
白豆蔻 백두구 · Round Cardamom

20 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

80 g
Envoy 使 mix-fried (灸)

Total 440 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

Warms the spleen and stomach and transforms cold phlegm
Downbears counterflow and settles nausea
Rouses the appetite

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cold phlegm in spleen and stomach
Retching counterflow with nausea
No thought of food or drink

Biomedical correlates

Chronic nausea with anorexia
Cold-pattern functional dyspepsia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治脾胃有冷痰, 嘔逆惡心, 不思飮食. 大半夏四兩(切片, 以白礬末一兩和湯浸一日漉出, 再用薑汁浸一日, 煮令汁盡, 焙爲末用), 甘草(灸) 二兩, 橘紅ㆍ縮砂ㆍ神麴(炒)ㆍ草果各一兩, 丁香ㆍ白豆蔲各五錢. 右爲細末, 每一錢, 以薑鹽湯點服. 《局方》

Translation

Treats cold phlegm in the spleen and stomach with retching counterflow, nausea, and no thought of food or drink. Large pinellia 4 nyang — sliced, steeped a day in a solution of 1 nyang powdered alum and drained, steeped another day in ginger juice, boiled until the liquid is gone, then dry-roasted and powdered for use; licorice (mix-fried) 2 nyang; red tangerine peel, amomum, medicated leaven (stir-fried) and tsaoko 1 nyang each; clove and round cardamom 5 don each. Grind to a fine powder and take 1 don at a time, steeped in ginger-and-salt decoction. — Hwaje Gukbang 局方 (Donguibogam · Damum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The 'new method' of the title is the pinellia processing, which takes two days and is described in more detail than the rest of the formula combined. Alum first, then ginger juice, then boiled to dryness — alum draws out the acrid irritant, ginger governs what remains. Around that sits a warm aromatic cabinet of clove, cardamom, tsaoko and amomum that reads more like a digestive formula than a phlegm formula, which fits the indication: the target here is the appetite that cold phlegm has shut down, not the phlegm alone. Taken as a powder in salted ginger broth, a don at a time. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.