Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Geumgwe Yoryak (金匱要略)

Poria, Licorice, Ginger, Schisandra, Asarum, Pinellia, and Apricot Decoction

Yeonggamgangmisinhain-tang

한글 영감강미신하인탕 · Pinyin Ling Gan Jiang Wei Xin Xia Ren Tang

苓甘薑味辛夏仁湯

Composition 構成

Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

8 g
Chief 君
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

8 g
Deputy 臣
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

3 g
Deputy 臣
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

6 g
Assistant 佐
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 37 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

Warms the Lung and transforms cold thin fluids
Stops cough with copious watery sputum

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cold phlegm-fluids in the Lung without exterior signs
Chronic watery cough in patients too weak for Mahwang

Biomedical correlates

Chronic watery cough in the elderly
Cold-type bronchitis in weak patients
Post-Socheongryong maintenance

Clinical commentary 臨床

Socheongryong-tang for the patient who cannot take Mahwang — the same cold-fluid engine with the diaphoretic removed, from the Geumgwe's own step-down sequence. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.