Formulas · Harmonize 和解 · Sanghallon (傷寒論)

Licorice Heart-Draining Decoction

Gamchosasim-tang

한글 감초사심탕 · Pinyin Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang

甘草瀉心湯

Composition 構成

Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

8 g
Chief 君 honey-fried
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

8 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

6 g
Deputy 臣
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

6 g
Deputy 臣
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

2 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

6 g
Assistant 佐
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

3 g
Assistant 佐

Total 39 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

Harmonizes the Stomach and disperses focal distention
Tonifies the middle emphatically
Resolves recalcitrant mixed cold-heat with ulceration

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Repeatedly purged middle with severe pi and rumbling diarrhea
Mixed cold-heat with irritability and poor sleep
Recurrent ulceration of mouth and lower orifices (the classical hogwok pattern)

Biomedical correlates

Recurrent aphthous ulcers
Behcet-type presentations (a notable research area)
Chronic diarrhea with gastric upset

Clinical commentary 臨床

Banhasasim-tang with Gamcho promoted to chief — for the middle that has been purged one time too many. Its classical indication for ulceration of mouth and genitals has made it a serious research subject in recurrent aphthous and Behcet-type disease. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.