Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Injae Jikji (仁齋直指方)

Peucedanum and Pinellia Decoction

Jeonhobanha-tang

한글 전호반하탕 · Pinyin Qian Hu Ban Xia Tang

前胡半夏湯

Composition 構成

Jeonho Qian Hu
前胡 전호 · Peucedanum

4 g
Chief 君
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Chief 君
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

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

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

2 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

10 g
Envoy 使 5 slices
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

4 g
Envoy 使 1 fruit
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 38.4 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

Downbears qi and dissolves congested phlegm
Frees the chest and diaphragm

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi phlegm congesting and abundant
Chest fullness with cough

Biomedical correlates

Productive cough with chest oppression
Bronchitis with wheeze

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣痰壅盛. 前胡ㆍ半夏ㆍ赤茯苓各一錢, 陳皮ㆍ紫蘇葉ㆍ枳殼各七分, 木香ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑五片, 烏梅一箇, 水煎服. 《直指》

Translation

Treats qi phlegm congesting and abundant. Peucedanum, pinellia and red poria 1 don each; tangerine peel, perilla leaf and bitter orange 7 pun each; costus and licorice 5 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger and 1 mume fruit, decoct in water and take. — Injae Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Damum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Peucedanum and pinellia as co-chiefs is the classical pairing for phlegm that is both hot and congested: peucedanum downbears and cools while pinellia dries and warms, and neither alone would suit. The single mume fruit at the end is the interesting touch — sour and astringent in an otherwise dispersing formula, gathering the qi so that the acrid medicinals do not simply scatter it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.