Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Sanghallon (傷寒論)

Scutellaria Decoction

Hwanggeum-tang

한글 황금탕 · Pinyin Huang Qin Tang

黃芩湯

The Cold Damage chapter gives only the indication and the alternative name, referring the composition to the Stool chapter; the ingredients recorded here are the Sanghallon's.

Composition 構成

Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

8 g
Chief 君
Baekjagyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

6 g
Deputy 臣
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 22 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 heat and stops dysenteric diarrhea
Harmonizes the interior and relieves abdominal pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Shaoyang-Taiyang combined disease pouring into the intestines
Hot diarrhea with abdominal pain
Fever with burning defecation

Biomedical correlates

Acute inflammatory diarrhea
Dysentery-pattern presentations
Chemotherapy-associated diarrhea (a modern research focus)

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治少陽半表半裏, 裏證多者, 宜用此. ○一名黃芩芍藥湯. <span class='sochu'>方見大便</span>

Translation

Treats the lesser yang half outside and half inside, where the interior pattern predominates; this is the one to use. ○ Another name for it is Hwanggeum-jakyak-tang 黃芩芍藥湯. <span class='sochu'>formula in the Stool chapter</span> (Donguibogam · Hansang)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Called the ancestor of all dysentery formulas — heat cleared while Baekjakyak eases the cramping gut. Its modern renaissance as the research compound PHY906, studied alongside chemotherapy, is a remarkable second life for a 1,800-year-old prescription. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.