Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Sanghallon (傷寒論)
Minor Order the Qi Decoction
Soseunggi-tang
한글 소승기탕 · Pinyin Xiao Cheng Qi Tang
小承氣湯
Composition 構成
- Daehwang大黃 대황 · Rhubarb16 g
Chief 君 - Hubak厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark8 g
Deputy 臣 - Jisil枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange6 g
Deputy 臣
Total 30 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Drains heat accumulation of moderate degree
- Moves stagnant Qi and unblocks the bowels
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Yangming excess with fullness and distention but less dryness
- Constipation with abdominal distention and irritability
- Milder bowel excess without mirabilite-level hardness
Biomedical correlates
- Constipation with bloating
- Post-operative bowel sluggishness (adjunctive)
- Heat-type constipation of moderate severity
Clinical commentary 臨床
The middle brother of the Seunggi family — Mangcho omitted because the dryness has not yet hardened. Together the three Seunggi decoctions form a graded dial of the descending method rather than three separate ideas. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.