Regulate the Qi Powder

Jogi-san

한글 조기산 · Pinyin Tiao Qi San

調氣散

Powdered; 2 don stirred into salted broth, taken at any time. The chapter's Qi lumbar pain section pairs it with Chimhyanggangi-tang, decocted with 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes.

Composition 構成

Gwakhyang Huo Xiang
藿香 곽향 · Korean Mint

32 g
Chief 君
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

16 g
Deputy 臣
Baekdugu Bai Dou Kou
白豆蔻 백두구 · Round Cardamom

8 g
Assistant 佐
Jeonghyang Ding Xiang
丁香 정향 · Clove

8 g
Assistant 佐
Baekdan Bai Tan
白檀 백단 · White Sandalwood

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

8 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

32 g
Envoy 使

Total 112 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

Regulates the Qi in every kind of Qi disorder
Works through aromatics taken in salted broth

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Treats the various Qi disorders (治諸氣)
Qi lumbar pain from lost purpose or from worry and anger
Qi stagnation with pain

Biomedical correlates

Stress-related back pain
Functional pain with Qi stagnation
Somatic symptoms of emotional strain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治諸氣. 藿香ㆍ甘草各八錢, 縮砂四錢, 白豆蔲ㆍ丁香ㆍ白檀ㆍ木香各二錢. 右末, 每二錢, 鹽湯點服, 不拘時. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats the various Qi disorders. Agastache and licorice, 8 don each; amomum 4 don; cardamom, clove, white sandalwood, and aucklandia, 2 don each. Powder the above; take 2 don stirred into salted broth, at any time. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Yo)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Seven aromatics and nothing else — no blood herbs, no tonics, nothing aimed at the back at all. That is the point: in the Qi kind of lumbar pain, the back is where the problem is felt and not where it is. The section that names this formula traces the pain to lost purpose, to worry that has damaged the Spleen, and to anger that has damaged the Liver, and treats accordingly. Sandalwood and clove are the two that reach the chest, which is where this pain actually begins. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.