Formulas · Tonify Yang 補陽 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)
Deer Antler and Aconite Decoction
Yongbu-tang
한글 용부탕 · Pinyin Rong Fu Tang
茸附湯
Composition 構成
- Nokyong鹿茸 녹용 · Deer Velvet Antler10 g
Chief 君 - Buja附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite10 g
Deputy 臣 blast-fried - Saenggang生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger4 g
Envoy 使 7 slices
Total 24 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Warms and supplements essence blood and Qi together
- Settles tidal heat and night sweating arising from depletion
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Qi essence and Blood worn and expended (氣精血虛耗)
- Tidal heat and night sweating on a vacuity-cold ground
- Deep depletion where heat signs mislead toward cooling
Biomedical correlates
- Night sweats in profoundly debilitated patients
- Chronic exhaustion with low-grade evening fever
- Convalescent depletion with mixed heat-cold presentation
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治氣精血虛耗, 潮熱, 盜汗. 鹿茸ㆍ附子(炮) 各二錢半. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑七片, 煎服. 《入門》
Translation
Treats Qi, essence, and Blood worn and expended, with tidal heat and night sweating. Deer antler and blast-fried aconite, 2.5 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, add 7 slices of ginger, decoct and take. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Heoro)
Clinical commentary 臨床
The formula's provocation is its indication — tidal heat and night sweats, the textbook signs of Yin fire, treated with antler and aconite. The chapter's reminder that in the truly emptied patient, even the heat is cold underneath. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.