Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Augmented Atractylodes and Phellodendron Powder

Gamichangbaek-san

한글 가미창백산 · Pinyin Jia Wei Cang Bai San

加味蒼柏散

Cut and made into one packet with 3 slices of ginger, decocted in water and taken.

Composition 構成

Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

4 g
Chief 君
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

2.4 g
Chief 君
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

2.4 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2.4 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

1.6 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

1.6 g
Deputy 臣
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

1.6 g
Deputy 臣
Mogwa Mu Gua
木瓜 모과 · Chinese Quince

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Binrang Bing Lang
檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Dokhwal Du Huo
獨活 독활 · Aralia

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

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Moktong Mu Tong
木通 목통 · Akebia

1.2 g
Envoy 使
Bangi Fang Ji
防己 방기 · Sinomenium

1.2 g
Envoy 使
Useul Niu Xi
牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes

1.2 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

0.4 g
Envoy 使

Total 34 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

Clears damp heat leg qi that has gone on to wilting and lameness
Builds the Blood while the damp heat is drained

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Damp heat leg qi with wilting and lameness (治濕熱脚氣痿躄)
Legs weakened past pain into failure
Damp heat with Blood involvement

Biomedical correlates

Damp-heat leg weakness
Inflammatory leg conditions with functional loss
Long-course therapy

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治濕熱脚氣痿躄. 蒼朮一錢, 白朮八分, 知母ㆍ黃柏ㆍ黃芩各六分, 當歸ㆍ芍藥ㆍ生地黃各四分, 木瓜ㆍ檳榔ㆍ羌活ㆍ獨活ㆍ木通ㆍ防己ㆍ牛膝各三分, 甘草一分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三片, 水煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats damp heat leg qi with wilting and lameness. Atractylodes 1 don; white atractylodes 8 fun; anemarrhena, phellodendron, and scutellaria, 6 fun each; Korean angelica, peony, and raw rehmannia, 4 fun each; chaenomeles, areca nut, notopterygium, pubescent angelica, akebia, stephania, and achyranthes, 3 fun each; licorice 1 fun. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Jok)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The two-herb core expanded into a full prescription, and the expansion follows the Uigam's recipe exactly: atractylodes pair for damp, the three cooling herbs for heat, the Four Substances for Blood, chaenomeles and areca for Qi, the two angelicas for the joints, and akebia, stephania, and achyranthes to lead it down. It is the chapter's treatment paragraph turned into a single formula. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.