Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Seonmyeongnon (宣明論)

Poria and Pinellia Decoction

Bokryeongbanha-tang

한글 복령반하탕 · Pinyin Fu Ling Ban Xia Tang

茯苓半夏湯

Identified in the chapter with Sobanha Bokryeong-tang 小半夏茯苓湯 of the Jikji 直指方.

Composition 構成

Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

12 g
Chief 君 processed (製), 3 don
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

8 g
Deputy 臣 2 don
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

14 g
Envoy 使 7 slices

Total 34 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

Dries damp and transforms standing phlegm
Percolates off retained rheum

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Standing phlegm and retained rheum giving rise to varied disease
Nausea with dizziness

Biomedical correlates

Fluid retention with nausea
Vertigo with vomiting

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

通治停痰, 留飮, 發爲諸病. 半夏(製) 三錢, 赤茯苓二錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑七片煎服. 《宣明》直指方, 小半夏茯苓湯同.

Translation

Generally treats standing phlegm and retained rheum giving rise to various diseases. Pinellia (processed) 3 don, red poria 2 don. Cut up, make one packet, add 7 slices of ginger and decoct. The Jikji's Sobanha Bokryeong-tang is the same. — Seonmyeongnon 宣明 (Donguibogam · Damum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Two medicinals and seven slices of ginger — the irreducible core of every phlegm formula in the chapter. Ijin-tang is this with tangerine peel and licorice added; Dodam-tang is Ijin-tang with arisaema and bitter orange. Reading the general-use section in order is a lesson in how the tradition builds outward from a two-herb base. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.