Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Moisten the Lung, Clear the Phlegm and Quiet the Cough Decoction

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한글 윤폐활담영수탕 · Pinyin Run Fei Huo Tan Ning Sou Tang

潤肺豁痰寧嗽湯

Composition 構成

Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

3.2 g
Chief 君
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

3.2 g
Chief 君

wine-fried
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

3.2 g
Deputy 臣

processed · toxic in the raw state
Paemo Bei Mu
貝母 패모 · Fritillaria

2.4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

2.4 g
Deputy 臣
Maengmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

2.4 g
Deputy 臣
Jawan Zi Wan
紫菀 자완 · Aster Root

2.4 g
Deputy 臣

wine-washed
Gwandonghwa Kuan Dong Hua
款冬花 관동화 · Coltsfoot Flower

2.4 g
Deputy 臣

wine-washed
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

3.2 g
Assistant 佐

both this and the next wine-fried
Baekbongnyeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2.4 g
Assistant 佐

wine-washed
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

2.4 g
Assistant 佐
Danggwi Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2.4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2.4 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

three slices

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats yin vacuity with urgent panting, and phlegm cough

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Yin vacuity with phlegm heat in the lung
Dry cough with sticky phlegm and panting

Biomedical correlates

Chronic cough with bronchial dryness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治陰虛喘急及痰嗽. 陳皮ㆍ半夏ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ黃栢ㆍ知母(二味並酒炒) 各八分, 白茯苓七分, 黃芩(酒洗)ㆍ貝母ㆍ天門冬ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ紫菀(酒洗)ㆍ欵冬花(酒洗)ㆍ桔梗ㆍ當歸ㆍ甘草各六分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三, 水煎服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats yin vacuity with urgent panting, and phlegm cough. Tangerine peel, pinellia, prepared rehmannia, phellodendron and anemarrhena — the last two both wine-fried — 8 fun each; white poria, 7 fun; wine-washed scutellaria, fritillaria, asparagus root, ophiopogon, wine-washed aster, wine-washed coltsfoot flower, platycodon, Chinese angelica and licorice, 6 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Sixteen drugs and a formula trying to do two opposite things at once, which is what 陰虛 with phlegm asks of it: rehmannia, asparagus root and ophiopogon to moisten, pinellia and tangerine peel to dry the phlegm, with phellodendron and anemarrhena — the yin-nourishing fire-draining pair — holding the middle. Nearly everything is wine-treated, which was thought to carry the drugs upward to the lung. The difficulty is real and the chapter knows it: 3.11 and 3.12 both insist that a cough with phlegm and a cough from dryness need opposite treatment, and a patient with both is the hardest case in the chapter. **Contains pinellia, which is toxic in the raw state and must be properly processed.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.