Formulas · Stop Cough & Wheeze 止咳平喘 · Sejong Jeungbo Deukhyobang (世宗增補得效方)

Apricot Kernel and Perilla Decoction

Haengso-tang

한글 행소탕 · Pinyin Xing Su Tang

杏蘇湯

Composition 構成

Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

4 g
Chief 君
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

4 g
Chief 君
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

4 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Paemo Bei Mu
貝母 패모 · Fritillaria

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Assistant 佐
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

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

5 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

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

Disperses wind-cold and disseminates Lung Qi
Transforms phlegm and stops cough

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind-cold cough with white sputum
Cough after catching cold
Chest stuffiness with mild chills

Biomedical correlates

Common cold cough
Acute bronchitis with clear or white sputum
Seasonal cough

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治傷風寒咳嗽痰盛. 杏仁ㆍ紫蘇葉ㆍ桑白皮ㆍ陳皮ㆍ半夏ㆍ貝母ㆍ白朮ㆍ五味子各一錢, 甘草五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑五, 水煎服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats cough from wind cold damage with abundant phlegm. Apricot kernel, perilla leaf, mulberry root bark, tangerine peel, pinellia, fritillaria, white atractylodes and schisandra, 1 don each; licorice, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add five slices of ginger, and decoct in water. — Deukhyo 得效 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The everyday cough formula of the Donguibogam — dispersing and descending in one breath, with Omija quietly holding the Lung so the dispersal does not scatter it. First reach for the ordinary post-cold cough. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.