Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Minor Regulate the Center Decoction

Sojojung-tang

한글 소조중탕 · Pinyin Xiao Tiao Zhong Tang

小調中湯

Given as 各等分 with a per-dose measure of 5 don. Grams entered at 20 each on that basis.

Composition 構成

Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

20 g
Chief 君 soaked in licorice decoction, then fried until dry — equal parts
Gwaruin Gua Lou Ren
瓜蔞仁 과루인 · Trichosanthes Seed

20 g
Deputy 臣 soaked in pinellia decoction, then fried until dry — equal parts
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

20 g
Deputy 臣 soaked in trichosanthes decoction, then fried until dry — equal parts
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

20 g
Envoy 使 soaked in coptis decoction, then fried until dry — equal parts
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices

Total 86 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 phlegm fire
Regulates and harmonizes the spleen and stomach

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Phlegm fire of every description
Strange and intractable disorders traced to phlegm
Disharmony of the spleen and stomach

Biomedical correlates

Chronic phlegm-heat conditions
Functional gastrointestinal disorders

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治一切痰火, 及百般怪病, 善調脾胃神效. 黃連(煎水浸甘草)ㆍ甘草(煎水浸黃連)ㆍ瓜蔞仁(煎水浸半夏)ㆍ半夏(煎水浸瓜蔞仁). 各炒, 水乾爲度, 各等分. 右剉, 五錢, 薑三片煎服. 又四味爲末, 煮良薑取汁作糊, 和丸梧子大, 白湯下五十丸, 尤妙. 《入門》

Translation

Treats phlegm fire of every kind and a hundred sorts of strange disease, and excels at regulating the spleen and stomach with marked effect. Coptis steeped in a decoction of licorice; licorice steeped in a decoction of coptis; trichosanthes seed steeped in a decoction of pinellia; pinellia steeped in a decoction of trichosanthes seed. Fry each until the liquid is gone, in equal parts. Cut up, take 5 don with 3 slices of ginger and decoct. Alternatively powder the four, boil lesser galangal for its juice to make a paste, form pills the size of a firmiana seed, and take fifty down with plain hot water — this works even better. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Damum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Two classical pairs — coptis with licorice, trichosanthes with pinellia — and each medicinal is steeped in a decoction of its own partner before use. The reciprocal soaking is the entire technique. Cold coptis takes on licorice's sweet moderation before it enters the body; pinellia's acrid dryness is tempered by trichosanthes and trichosanthes's slippery cold is warmed by pinellia. Four medicinals, but each arrives already carrying its counterweight. The claim to treat a hundred strange diseases is the standard classical shorthand for phlegm as a hidden cause, and should be read as a statement about scope of suspicion rather than efficacy. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.