Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Sanghallon (傷寒論)
Aconite Decoction
Buja-tang
한글 부자탕 · Pinyin Fu Zi Tang
The Wind chapter gives the Sanyin's version, in which the aconite is specified raw (附子生) — the Shanghanlun formula of the same name uses the processed drug. The chapter directs it to the wind, damp and cold impediments alike.
Composition 構成
- Buja附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite6 g
Chief 君processed only
- Baekchul白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes8 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekbongnyeong白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)6 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekjagyak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
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治風寒濕合而爲痺, 骨節疼痛ㆍ皮膚不仁ㆍ肌肉重着ㆍ四肢緩縱. 附子(生)ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ桂皮ㆍ人參ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ甘草 各一錢, 白朮 一錢半. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑 七片, 水煎服. 《三因》
Translation
Treats wind, cold and damp combining to form impediment, with pain in the bones and joints, the skin insensible, the flesh heavy and fixed, and the four limbs slack and loose. Raw aconite, white peony, cassia bark, ginseng, poria and licorice, 1 don each; atractylodes, 1 don 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add seven slices of ginger and decoct in water. — Samin Geukil Byeongjeungbangnon 三因 (Donguibogam · Pung)