Formulas · Tonify Yang 補陽 · Oegwa Jeungchi Jeonsaengjip (外科證治全生集)
Yang-Heartening Decoction
Yanghwa-tang
한글 양화탕 · Pinyin Yang He Tang
陽和湯
Composition 構成
- Sukjihwang熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia20 g
Chief 君 - Nokgakgyo鹿角膠 녹각교 · Deer Antler Gelatin8 g
Deputy 臣 - Yukgye肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark2 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekgaeja白芥子 백개자 · White Mustard Seed4 g
Assistant 佐 - Geongang乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger1.5 g
Assistant 佐 blast-fried - Mahwang麻黃 마황 · Ephedra1.5 g
Assistant 佐 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice2 g
Envoy 使
Total 39 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Warms Yang and nourishes Blood
- Disperses cold-phlegm binding in the flesh sinews and bones
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Yin-type sores and swellings without heat or color
- Cold nodules and deep swellings with pale unbroken skin
- Cold-phlegm obstruction of joints and bone
Biomedical correlates
- Cold-type nodules and cysts (with evaluation)
- Chronic non-inflamed joint swellings
- Deep cold musculoskeletal lesions
Clinical commentary 臨床
Spring sunshine for a frozen landscape — massive nourishment carrying whispers of Mahwang and ginger into cold that inflammation never touched. The surgical tradition's formula for the swelling that is pale, painless, and deep. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.