Formulas · Calm the Spirit 安神 · Sanghallon (傷寒論)

Coptis and Donkey-Hide Gelatin Decoction

Hwangryeonagyo-tang

한글 황련아교탕 · Pinyin Huang Lian E Jiao Tang

黃連阿膠湯

Composition 構成

Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

8 g
Chief 君
Agyo E Jiao
阿膠 아교 · Donkey-hide Gelatin

6 g
Deputy 臣 dissolved separately
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gyejahwang Ji Zi Huang
鷄子黃 계자황 · Egg Yolk

6 g
Assistant 佐 stirred in off heat

Total 28 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

Drains Heart fire and nourishes Kidney Yin
Restores the Heart-Kidney axis and calms the spirit

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Yin deficiency with Heart fire — vexation and utter sleeplessness
Insomnia with hot palms and dry mouth
Restless heat worse at night

Biomedical correlates

Severe sleep-onset insomnia with heat
Menopausal insomnia with night heat
Agitated exhaustion

Clinical commentary 臨床

For the night when the Heart's fire and the Kidney's water have stopped speaking — bitterness above, richness below, egg yolk stirred in as the living bridge. The classical formula for the insomnia in which one cannot even lie still. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.