Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Dansim (丹心)

Reduce Swelling and Settle the Qi Powder

Toejongtapgi-san

한글 퇴종탑기산 · Pinyin Tui Zhong Ta Qi San

退腫塌氣散

Composition 構成

Jeoksodu Chi Xiao Dou
赤小豆 적소두 · Adzuki Bean

8 g
Chief 君
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

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

8 g
Deputy 臣

蘿葍子, stir-fried (炒)
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

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 44 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

Reduces swelling and settles distended qi
Disperses water accumulated in the spleen

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Accumulated water or fright water
Water drunk to excess accumulating in the spleen so that the four limbs swell and the body is hot

Biomedical correlates

Peripheral oedema with low-grade fever

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治積水, 驚水, 或飮水過多積於脾, 故四肢腫而身熱. 赤小豆ㆍ陳皮ㆍ蘿葍子(炒) 各二錢, 甘草一錢, 木香五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三棗二, 水煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats accumulated water and fright water, or water drunk in excess accumulating in the spleen so that the four limbs swell and the body is hot. Adzuki bean, tangerine peel and radish seed (stir-fried) 2 don each; licorice 1 don; costus 5 pun. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Bujong)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Adzuki bean leading a decoction rather than appearing as a food is the notable choice; it is the chapter's most-used single medicinal for oedema and has its own entry among the simples at 2.14.13. 驚水, fright water, is a term the chapter uses only here — water that gathers after a shock, which belongs with the emotional aetiologies the Accumulations chapter sets out at 1.1. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.