Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Deficiency Taxation)

Minor Construct the Middle Decoction

Sogeonjung-tang

한글 소건중탕 · Pinyin Xiao Jian Zhong Tang

小建中湯

Composition 構成

Gyoi Yi Tang
膠飴 교이 · Malt Syrup

40 g
Chief 君
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

20 g
Deputy 臣
Gyeji Gui Zhi
桂枝 계지 · Cinnamon Twig

12 g
Deputy 臣
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

6 g
Envoy 使
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 86 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Actions 效能

Warmly builds the middle Jiao
Relaxes hypertonicity and alleviates spasmodic pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Middle Jiao deficiency cold with cramping abdominal pain relieved by warmth and pressure
Deficiency taxation with palpitations and irritability
Weak constitution in children with poor appetite

Biomedical correlates

Recurrent abdominal pain in children
Irritable bowel with cramping
Peptic-type pain in deficient patients

Clinical commentary 臨床

Gyeji-tang with doubled Baekjakyak and a chief who is nearly food — malt syrup. Sweetness literally rebuilding the middle; the classical pediatric tonic and a lesson that the gentlest herb can lead the formula. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.