Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Seonmyeongnon-bang (宣明論方)

Siler and Platycodon Sage-Penetrating Powder

Bangpungtongseong-san

한글 방풍통성산 · Pinyin Fang Feng Tong Sheng San

防風通聖散

Composition 構成

Hwalseok Hua Shi
滑石 활석 · Talc

6.8 g
Chief 君
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

1.8 g
Chief 君
Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Daehwang Da Huang
大黃 대황 · Rhubarb

1.8 g
Deputy 臣
Mahwang Ma Huang
麻黃 마황 · Ephedra

1.8 g
Deputy 臣
Mangcho Mang Xiao
芒硝 망초 · Mirabilite

1.8 g
Deputy 臣
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

1.8 g
Assistant 佐
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

1.8 g
Assistant 佐
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

1.8 g
Assistant 佐
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

1.8 g
Assistant 佐
Yeongyo Lian Qiao
連翹 연교 · Forsythia

1.8 g
Assistant 佐
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

1.4 g
Assistant 佐
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

1.4 g
Assistant 佐
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

1.4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

3 g
Envoy 使

Total 43.4 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

Releases the exterior and drains the interior simultaneously
Clears heat and resolves toxicity through sweat stool and urine

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind-heat excess binding exterior and interior together
Robust constitution with constipation dark urine and skin eruptions
Heat excess above and below in a strong replete patient

Biomedical correlates

Metabolic-syndrome-type constitutions (a major Kampo research area)
Obesity with constipation in robust patients
Recurrent boils and skin eruptions with heat

Clinical commentary 臨床

Every exit opened at once — sweat, stool, and urine — for the robust, replete constitution in which nothing is leaving. Kampo research has made it one of the most studied herbal formulas for visceral fat and metabolic syndrome; strictly for the strong, never the deficient. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.