Formulas · Reduce Food Stagnation 消食 · Uihak Jeongjeon (醫學正傳)

Augmented Two Aged Herbs Decoction from the Orthodox Tradition

Jeongjeongamiijin-tang

한글 정전가미이진탕 · Pinyin Zheng Chuan Jia Wei Er Chen Tang

正傳加味二陳湯

Registered before the Phlegm-Rheum chapter was translated. Collation with Damum 6.5.7.3 corrected the seventh medicinal from tangerine peel 陳皮 to red tangerine peel 橘紅 as the source specifies, and added the two jujubes omitted from the earlier entry.

Composition 構成

Sansa Shan Zha
山楂 산사 · Hawthorn

6 g
Chief 君 flesh only (山査肉)
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Chief 君
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

4 g
Deputy 臣
Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Gyulhong Ju Hong
橘紅 귤홍 · Red Tangerine Peel

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

2.8 g
Assistant 佐 stir-fried (炒)
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

2 g
Assistant 佐 ground (縮砂硏)
Maega Mai Ya
麥芽 맥아 · Barley Sprout

2 g
Assistant 佐 stir-fried (炒)
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

8 g
Envoy 使 2 fruits
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使 mix-fried (灸)

Total 51.2 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

Transforms phlegm and disperses food
Strengthens the Spleen and moves Qi

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Phlegm and food stagnation intertwined
Chronic epigastric discomfort with sputum
Poor digestion with chest oppression

Biomedical correlates

Chronic dyspepsia with reflux
GERD-type presentations
Gastric fullness with phlegm sensation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治食積痰, 導痰補脾, 消食行氣. 山査肉一錢半, 香附子ㆍ半夏各一錢, 川芎ㆍ白朮ㆍ蒼朮各八分, 橘紅ㆍ茯苓ㆍ神麴(炒) 各七分, 縮砂(硏)ㆍ麥芽(炒) 各五分, 甘草(灸) 三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三片, 棗二枚, 水煎服. 《正傳》

Translation

Treats food accumulation phlegm; guides out phlegm and supplements the spleen, disperses food and moves the qi. Hawthorn flesh 1.5 don; cyperus and pinellia 1 don each; chuanxiong, white atractylodes and atractylodes lancea 8 pun each; red tangerine peel, poria and medicated leaven (stir-fried) 7 pun each; amomum (ground) and barley sprout (stir-fried) 5 pun each; licorice (mix-fried) 3 pun. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take. — Uihak Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Damum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Ijin-tang rebuilt around food rather than damp. Hawthorn leads at 1.5 don, and hawthorn, medicated leaven and barley sprout together are the classical trio for food accumulation. Both atractylodes are present — the white to fortify the spleen, the black to dry damp — which is the formula's way of treating the cause and the product at once. The chapter groups it with Chlorite Schist Pill and Yellow Trichosanthes Pill for food phlegm, and among the three it is the mildest and the only one that supplements. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.