Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Injae Jikji (仁齋直指方)

Disperse Gu Decoction

Sogo-tang

한글 소고탕 · Pinyin Xiao Gu Tang

消蠱湯

Composition 構成

Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

3 g
Deputy 臣
Nabokja Lai Fu Zi
萊菔子 나복자 · Radish Seed

3 g
Deputy 臣

蘿葍子, stir-fried (炒)
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

2 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

2 g
Assistant 佐

縮砂
Yukdugu Rou Dou Kou
肉豆蔻 육두구 · Nutmeg

2 g
Assistant 佐

肉豆蔲
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

2 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2 g
Assistant 佐
Samneung San Leng
三稜 삼릉 · Sparganium

2 g
Assistant 佐
Bongchul E Zhu
莪朮 봉출 · Zedoary

2 g
Assistant 佐

蓬朮
Binrang Bing Lang
檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed

2 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

2 g
Assistant 佐

官桂
Baekdugu Bai Dou Kou
白豆蔻 백두구 · Round Cardamom

2 g
Assistant 佐
Piljeungga Bi Cheng Qie
蓽澄茄 필징가 · Cubeb

2 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

2 g
Assistant 佐
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

8 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

3 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸)

Total 49 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

Disperses gu distension formed by qi
Moves and warms without draining water

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Gu distension formed by qi
in which the abdomen alone is distended while the four limbs
head and face do not swell

Biomedical correlates

Ascites without peripheral oedema

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣作蠱脹, 但腹脹, 而四肢頭面不腫. 半夏ㆍ蘿葍子(炒)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各七分半, 紫蘇莖葉ㆍ縮砂ㆍ肉豆蔲ㆍ枳殼ㆍ靑皮ㆍ陳皮ㆍ三稜ㆍ蓬朮ㆍ檳榔ㆍ官桂ㆍ白豆蔲ㆍ蓽澄茄ㆍ木香各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三棗二, 煎服. 《直指》

Translation

Treats gu distension formed by qi, in which the abdomen alone is distended while the four limbs, head and face do not swell. Pinellia, radish seed (stir-fried) and licorice (mix-fried) 7.5 pun each; perilla stalk and leaf, amomum, nutmeg, bitter orange, green tangerine peel, tangerine peel, sparganium, curcuma, areca, cinnamon bark, round cardamom, cubeb and costus 5 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct and take. — Injae Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Changman)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The indication draws the line this chapter keeps drawing against the one before it: the abdomen alone is distended and the limbs and face do not swell. That is what separates gu distension from the oedema of the previous chapter, and the Oedema chapter states the same distinction from its side at 2.1.8. Sixteen medicinals with nothing that drains water, because on this reading there is no water to drain — the fullness is qi, and it is moved rather than expelled. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.