Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Immun (入門)

Cyperus and Perilla Powder

Hyangso-san

한글 향소산 · Pinyin Xiang Su San

香蘇散

Composition 構成

Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

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

8 g
Chief 君
Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Atractylodes Lancea

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

roasted
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Chongbaek Cong Bai
蔥白 총백 · Scallion White

—
Envoy 使

two stalks

Total 28 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients 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

Releases the exterior and moves the qi
Treats seasonal cold damage of any season

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Four-season cold damage with headache
body ache
fever and aversion to cold
Wind damage
damp damage
cold damage
seasonal qi and epidemics

Biomedical correlates

Common cold
Influenza-like illness
Seasonal epidemic illness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治四時傷寒, 頭痛ㆍ身疼ㆍ發熱ㆍ惡寒, 及傷風ㆍ傷濕ㆍ傷寒ㆍ時氣ㆍ瘟疫. 香附子ㆍ紫蘇葉各二錢, 蒼朮一錢半, 陳皮一錢, 甘草(灸) 五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 葱白二莖, 水煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats cold damage in any of the four seasons with headache, body ache, fever and aversion to cold, and also wind damage, damp damage, cold damage, seasonal qi and epidemics. Cyperus and perilla leaf, 2 don each; atractylodes lancea, 1 don 5 fun; tangerine peel, 1 don; roasted licorice, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and two stalks of scallion white, and decoct in water. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Han, upper)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Five drugs, and the pairing in the name is the formula: cyperus moves qi, perilla leaf releases the surface, and the two at equal full dose make a remedy for the cold that comes with a tight, stagnant, out-of-sorts feeling rather than a frank fever. That is why the indication is so broad — wind, damp, cold, seasonal qi, epidemic — and why it suits the patient under strain who catches everything going round. Atractylodes lancea for the damp and tangerine peel for the middle. Gentle enough to give without a confident diagnosis. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.