Formulas · Dispel Wind-Damp 祛風濕 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Network-Quickening Decoction

Hwallak-tang

한글 활락탕 · Pinyin Huo Luo Tang

活絡湯

Composition 構成

Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

3.75 g
Chief 君
Dokhwal Du Huo
獨活 독활 · Aralia

3.75 g
Chief 君
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

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

3.75 g
Deputy 臣
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

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

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

3.75 g
Envoy 使

Total 31.3 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

Dispels wind and eliminates dampness
Frees the network vessels
Relieves arm pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind-damp arm pain
Pain worse in damp or cold weather
Heaviness with aching of the shoulder and arm

Biomedical correlates

Weather-sensitive shoulder pain
Rheumatic brachialgia
Damp-type periarthritis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風濕臂痛. 羌活ㆍ獨活ㆍ川芎ㆍ當歸ㆍ甘草各一錢, 白朮二錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑五片, 煎服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats wind-damp arm pain. Notopterygium, aralia, cnidium, Korean angelica, and licorice 1 don each; white atractylodes 2 don. Cut the above, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger, decoct and take. — Deukhyo 得效 (Donguibogam · Su)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Notopterygium and aralia paired is the standard upper-and-lower wind-damp couplet; here both are given at full dose because the arm is the target and notopterygium leads to the upper limb. White atractylodes at double dose does the actual damp work while cnidium and Korean angelica keep the Blood moving so the channels are not merely dried. Distinguish from Sohwalrak-dan 小活絡丹, a different and far more aggressive formula despite the similar name. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.