Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Disperse Wind Decoction

Sopung-tang

한글 소풍탕 · Pinyin Shu Feng Tang

踈風湯

Composition 構成

Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

3.2 g
Chief 君
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

3.2 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

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

1.2 g
Deputy 臣
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

1.2 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Oyak Wu Yao
烏藥 오약 · Lindera

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

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Envoy 使

three slices

Total 35.6 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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 wind striking the bowels with the hands and feet insensible
Resolves the exterior first
to be followed by Yupung-tang in regulation

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind striking the bowels with an exterior pattern
Wind damp with numbness of the limbs

Biomedical correlates

Stroke with hemiparesis
Peripheral neuropathy

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風中府, 手足不仁. 先宜解表, 後用<a href='/formulas/ganghwal-yupung-tang'>愈風湯</a>調理. 羌活ㆍ防風ㆍ當歸ㆍ川芎ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ陳皮ㆍ半夏ㆍ烏藥ㆍ白芷ㆍ香附子各八分, 桂枝ㆍ細辛ㆍ甘草各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 水煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats wind striking the bowels with the hands and feet insensible. The exterior should first be resolved, and afterwards Yupung-tang used in regulation. Notopterygium, saposhnikovia, tangkuei, chuanxiong, red poria, tangerine peel, pinellia, lindera, angelica dahurica and cyperus, 8 fun each; cassia twig, asarum and licorice, 3 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and decoct in water. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A gentler alternative to Soseungmyeong-tang for the same indication, and the sequence attached to it is the point: resolve the exterior first, then regulate with Yupung-tang. No aconite, no ephedra, and the wind drugs balanced by blood movers and phlegm drugs — which makes it the formula to reach for when the stroke is not fresh and the patient cannot be sweated. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.