Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Cold Damage)

Nine-Ingredient Notopterygium Decoction

Gumiganghwal-tang

한글 구미강활탕 · Pinyin Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang

九味羌活湯

Composition 構成

Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

6 g
Chief 君
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

6 g
Deputy 臣
Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

4.8 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4.8 g
Assistant 佐
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4.8 g
Assistant 佐
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

4.8 g
Assistant 佐
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

4.8 g
Assistant 佐
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

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

3 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Chongbaek Cong Bai
蔥白 총백 · Scallion White

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 45 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

Releases exterior wind-cold-damp
Clears interior heat simultaneously

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind-cold-damp with body aches and no sweating
Exterior cold with slight interior heat and thirst
Generalized joint and muscle pain with chills

Biomedical correlates

Cold and flu with prominent body aches
Weather-triggered myalgia
Early febrile illness with joint pain

Clinical commentary 臨床

Korea's favorite body-ache cold formula — it replaced the harsher Mahwang-tang in much of clinical culture. Hwanggeum and Saengjihwang quietly handle the interior heat that so often rides along. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.