Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Rectify the Qi Decoction

Jeonggi-tang

한글 정기탕 · Pinyin Zheng Qi Tang

正氣湯

The Bogam carries two different formulas under the name 正氣湯: this one, from the Haehak chapter, for wind malaria at its onset, while the Jinaek chapter's Immun formula of the same name is three drugs that downbear yin fire to stop night sweating. 治同上 refers to Sansa-tang immediately above it, whose indication is 治風瘧初起; the source marker is printed 醫鍳 for 醫鑑.

Composition 構成

Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

4 g
Chief 君
Jeonho Qian Hu
前胡 전호 · Peucedanum

4 g
Chief 君
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Maengmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

4 g
Assistant 佐
Billang Bing Lang
檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed

4 g
Assistant 佐
Chogwa Cao Guo
草果 초과 · Tsaoko Fruit

4 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jeokbongnyeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gyeji Gui Zhi
桂枝 계지 · Cinnamon Twig

2 g
Envoy 使

5 fun
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

5 fun
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two fruits

Total 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

Rectifies the qi and scatters wind in a malaria at its onset
Opens the exterior while moving the qi and transforming phlegm

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind malaria at its onset (風瘧初起)

Biomedical correlates

Malaria
Early periodic fever with chills and headache

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治同上. 柴胡ㆍ前胡ㆍ川芎ㆍ白芷ㆍ半夏ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ檳榔ㆍ草果ㆍ靑皮ㆍ赤茯苓各一錢, 桂枝ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三棗二, 水煎服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats the same as the above. Bupleurum, peucedanum, cnidium, angelica dahurica, pinellia, ophiopogon, areca, tsaoko, green tangerine peel and red poria, 1 don each; cinnamon twig and licorice, 5 fun each. Cut the above, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and two jujubes, and decoct in water and take. — Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Haehak)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Ten drugs at a don and two envoys at five fun, and the composition is best read against Sansa-tang, the formula whose indication it borrows. Where Sansa-tang answers wind at the surface with ephedra, notopterygium, schizonepeta and perilla, this one keeps only the head pair — cnidium and angelica dahurica — and fills the rest of the formula with the malaria-cutting group: areca, tsaoko and green tangerine peel, the same three that carry Cheongpi-eum. Bupleurum and peucedanum turn the pivot, pinellia and red poria take the phlegm and damp, and cinnamon twig is left at five fun as the last trace of the exterior. Ophiopogon in such company is the interesting choice. Everything else here is drying or moving, and a single don of it is the formula's one concession to the fluids — the chapter is aware that a wind malaria answered with aromatics and bitters will parch a patient who is already sweating by fits. **Contains pinellia, which is toxic raw and must be properly processed before use.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.