Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Yeokro (易老)

Life-Guarding Decoction

Wisaeng-tang

한글 위생탕 · Pinyin Wei Sheng Tang

衛生湯

Decocted in a cup of water with a little wine added. For the Qi-weak, ginseng 1 don is added.

Composition 構成

Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

8 g
Chief 君 honey-fried
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

6 g
Deputy 臣 wine-fried
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

6 g
Deputy 臣 body (身)
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2.8 g
Envoy 使 roasted

Total 22.8 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

Supplements vacuity taxation while eliminating vexing heat
Smooths the Blood vessels with four gentle medicinals

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Vacuity taxation with vexing heat (煩熱)
Qi-Blood depletion needing daily-use gentleness
Convalescent and maintenance care

Biomedical correlates

Mild chronic fatigue with restless warmth
Convalescent daily-use support
Maintenance therapy in sensitive patients

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

補虛勞, 除煩熱, 順血脉. 黃芪(蜜炒) 二錢, 白芍藥(酒炒)ㆍ當歸身各一錢半, 甘草(灸) 七分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水一盞, 酒少許煎服. 氣弱者, 加人參一錢. 《易老》

Translation

Supplements vacuity taxation, eliminates vexing heat, and smooths the Blood vessels. Honey-fried astragalus 2 don; wine-fried white peony and angelica body, 1.5 don each; roasted licorice 0.7 don. Cut the above, make one packet, and decoct in a cup of water with a little wine. For the Qi-weak, add ginseng 1 don. — Yeokro 易老 (Donguibogam · Heoro)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four herbs and a splash of wine — the Yeokro's daily guard for the recovering body, astragalus walling, peony and angelica smoothing, built to be drunk for weeks without asking anything of the patient. The humble end of the chapter's spectrum, and often the wiser one. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.