Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Angelica Quicken the Blood Decoction

Danggwihwalhyeol-tang

한글 당귀활혈탕 · Pinyin Dang Gui Huo Xue Tang

當歸活血湯

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Chief 君
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Doin Tao Ren
桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel

4 g
Deputy 臣
Mokdanpi Mu Dan Pi
牧丹皮 목단피 · Moutan Bark

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Oyak Wu Yao
烏藥 오약 · Lindera

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Honghwa Hong Hua
紅花 홍화 · Safflower

2 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

1.2 g
Assistant 佐 cinnamon bark (桂皮)
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

1.2 g
Assistant 佐 blast-fried (炮)
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

Total 43.6 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

Quickens the blood and dispels stasis
Courses the qi and relieves pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood depression with static blood
Fixed pain
Weakness of the four limbs with normal appetite

Biomedical correlates

Chronic abdominal pain of functional origin
Dysmenorrhoea with fixed pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治血鬱. 當歸ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ川芎ㆍ桃仁各一錢, 牡丹皮ㆍ香附子ㆍ烏藥ㆍ枳殼ㆍ靑皮各八分, 紅花五分, 桂皮ㆍ乾薑(炮)ㆍ甘草各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三, 水煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats blood depression. Angelica, red peony, chuanxiong and peach kernel 1 don each; moutan bark, cyperus, lindera, bitter orange and green tangerine peel 8 pun each; safflower 5 pun; cinnamon bark, dry ginger (blast-fried) and licorice 3 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Jeokchwi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Samul-tang with the cooked rehmannia and white peony exchanged for peach kernel and red peony, which converts a blood supplement into a blood mover, with a full qi-moving layer behind it. The two warm medicinals at 3 pun — cinnamon bark and blast-fried dry ginger — are what keep the formula from cooling static blood into place, and they are the classical answer to the section's description of blood depression, which includes a red stool and a sunken, hollow, rough pulse. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.