Formulas · Calm the Spirit 安神 · Junggyeong (仲景)
Coptis and Donkey-Hide Gelatin Decoction
Hwangnyeonagyo-tang
한글 황련아교탕 · Pinyin Huang Lian E Jiao Tang
The source writes 芍藥 without specifying red or white; registered as white peony. The egg is counted rather than weighed, and only the yolk enters the formula, so grams are given as 0.
Composition 構成
- Hwangnyeon黃連 황련 · Coptis8 g
Chief 君 - Agyo阿膠 아교 · Donkey-hide Gelatin8 g
Chief 君melted into the strained decoction
- Baekjagyak白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony8 g
Deputy 臣 - Hwanggeum黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria4 g
Deputy 臣 - Gyejahwang鷄子黃 계자황 · Egg Yolk—
Assistant 佐one yolk, stirred in off the heat
Total 28 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.
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 enriches the yin
- Quiets the spirit and restores sleep
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Shaoyin disease that first wanted only sleep and after two or three days turns to vexation and sleeplessness
- Yin depletion with fire harassing the heart
Biomedical correlates
- Insomnia with agitation in febrile illness
- Post-infectious insomnia
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治少陰病欲寐, 二三日後煩心ㆍ不得眠卧. 黃連ㆍ阿膠ㆍ芍藥 各二錢, 黃芩 一錢, 雞子 一箇. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎至半, 去滓, 乃納膠, 再一沸, 又納雞子黃, 攪勻服, 日三. 《仲景》 ○一名黃連雞子湯. 《入門》
Translation
Treats shaoyin disease where the patient wanted only to sleep and after two or three days becomes vexed in the heart and unable to lie down and sleep. Coptis, donkey-hide gelatin and peony, 2 don each; scutellaria, 1 don; hen's egg, one. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water down to half and strain; then add the gelatin and bring to the boil once more, then add the egg yolk, stir evenly and take, three times a day. — Junggyeong 仲景 ○ Also called <span class='sochu'>Hwangryeon-gyeja-tang</span> 黃連雞子湯. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Han, upper)