Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Uihak Jeongjeon (醫學正傳)

Disperse Wind and Normalize Qi Decoction

Sopung-sungi-tang

한글 소풍순기탕 · Pinyin Shu Feng Shun Qi Tang

踈風順氣湯

治風穴 — the wind points — is not a fixed list; the Jeongjeon leaves the selection to the practitioner. The mugwort is for external moxibustion and is not an ingredient.

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Chief 君
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

2 g
Chief 君
Mahwang Ma Huang
麻黃 마황 · Ephedra

2 g
Chief 君
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

2 g
Deputy 臣
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

2 g
Deputy 臣
Cheonma Tian Ma
天麻 천마 · Gastrodia

2 g
Deputy 臣
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

2 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

2 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2 g
Deputy 臣
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

2 g
Assistant 佐
Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

2 g
Assistant 佐
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2 g
Assistant 佐
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

2 g
Assistant 佐
Namseong Tian Nan Xing
天南星 천남성 · Arisaema

2 g
Assistant 佐

toxic
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

2 g
Assistant 佐
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

2 g
Assistant 佐
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jogak Zao Jiao
皂角 조각 · Gleditsia Pod

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

—
Envoy 使

five slices
Jungnyeok Zhu Li
竹瀝 죽력 · Bamboo Sap

—
Envoy 使

half a cup

Total 40 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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

Treats hemiplegia or total inability to move the body from original qi vacuity compounded by excess of wine and sex and an added external evil
Taken with moxibustion of the wind points until a slight sweat comes

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Original qi vacuity with an external wind evil and paralysis
Wind heat with phlegm and inability to move

Biomedical correlates

Hemiplegia after stroke
Generalized paresis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治中風半身不遂, 或全體不能擧動, 因元氣虛弱, 兼酒色之過, 而更挾外邪也. 人參ㆍ防風ㆍ麻黃ㆍ羌活ㆍ升麻ㆍ桔梗ㆍ石膏ㆍ黃芩ㆍ荊芥穗ㆍ天麻ㆍ南星ㆍ薄荷ㆍ葛根ㆍ芍藥ㆍ杏仁ㆍ當歸ㆍ川芎ㆍ白朮ㆍ細辛ㆍ皂角各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑五片, 水煎, 更入竹瀝半盃, 服之. 外以艾灸治風穴, 得微汗而愈. 《正傳》

Translation

Treats wind stroke with hemiplegia, or the whole body unable to be moved, arising from vacuity and weakness of the original qi compounded by excess of wine and sex, with an external evil further attached. Ginseng, saposhnikovia, ephedra, notopterygium, cimicifuga, platycodon, gypsum, scutellaria, schizonepeta spike, gastrodia, arisaema, mint, pueraria, peony, apricot kernel, tangkuei, chuanxiong, atractylodes, asarum and gleditsia pod, 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add five slices of ginger, decoct in water, then add half a cup of bamboo sap and take. Externally, moxa the wind points with mugwort; a slight sweat comes and there is recovery. — Uihak Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The one formula in the section that prescribes acupuncture alongside the draught, and the only one whose aetiology names the patient's habits: vacuity of the original qi compounded by excess of wine and sex, with an external wind on top. Twenty drugs at five fun each is a thin decoction, and the Jeongjeon clearly intends the moxibustion to do half the work. The endpoint is set the same way Seongbu-san sets it — a slight sweat — but here the sweating is to be slight, which is the safer instruction of the two. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.