Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Sanghallon (傷寒論)
Aconite Decoction
Buja-tang
한글 부자탕 · Pinyin Fu Zi Tang
附子湯
Composition 構成
- Buja附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite6 g
Chief 君 processed only - Baekchul白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes8 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekbokryeong白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)6 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekjakyak白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony6 g
Assistant 佐 - Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng4 g
Assistant 佐
Total 30 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 channels and dispels cold-damp
- Tonifies Yang and Qi to stop deep body pain
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Shaoyin cold-damp with generalized body and joint pain
- Cold painful back with aversion to cold
- Deep aching bones with a sunken weak pulse
Biomedical correlates
- Cold-aggravated deep body pain
- Chronic pain in Yang-deficient patients
- Cold-type back pain in the elderly
Clinical commentary 臨床
Jinmu-tang's sibling with Insam in place of Saenggang — less about draining water, more about warming the person who aches to the bone. The classical formula for pain that lives in cold marrow. Aconite must be properly processed. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.