Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Guide Out Phlegm Decoction

Dodam-tang

한글 도담탕 · Pinyin Dao Tan Tang

導痰湯

Composition 構成

Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

8 g
Chief 君 ginger-processed (薑製)
Namseong Tian Nan Xing
天南星 천남성 · Arisaema

4 g
Deputy 臣 blast-fried (炮)
Gyulhong Ju Hong
橘紅 귤홍 · Red Tangerine Peel

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

10 g
Envoy 使 5 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 38 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

Guides out congested phlegm
Dries dampness and downbears counterflow qi
Frees the chest and diaphragm

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind phlegm with dizziness
Chest and diaphragm glomus and fullness
Phlegm clouding the orifices

Biomedical correlates

Vertigo with nausea
Chronic productive cough
Functional chest oppression

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風痰. 半夏(薑製) 二錢, 南星(炮)ㆍ橘紅ㆍ枳殼ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ甘草各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑五片, 水煎服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats wind phlegm. Pinellia (ginger-processed) 2 don; arisaema (blast-fried), red tangerine peel, bitter orange, red poria and licorice 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Damum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Ijin-tang with arisaema and bitter orange added and the dose of pinellia doubled — the parent formula pushed from maintenance into active clearance. It is the workhorse of the whole chapter and the Bogam cites it constantly, which is why the Hand and Back chapters both had to defer to Damum for its composition. The pairing with Qingzhou White Round Pill in the wind phlegm passage is a matched pair of gears: the pill for the fixed, congealed phlegm behind hemiplegia, the decoction for what is still moving. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.