Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Cold Damage)
Evodia Decoction
Osuyu-tang
한글 오수유탕 · Pinyin Wu Zhu Yu Tang
吳茱萸湯
Composition 構成
- Osuyu吳茱萸 오수유 · Evodia6 g
Chief 君 - Saenggang生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger8 g
Deputy 臣 - Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng4 g
Assistant 佐 - Daejo大棗 대조 · Jujube4 g
Envoy 使
Total 22 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
- Warms the middle and dispels cold
- Directs rebellious Qi downward and stops vomiting
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Cold of the Stomach and Jueyin with vomiting
- Vertex headache with dry heaves and cold limbs
- Vomiting of clear fluid or acid with cold
Biomedical correlates
- Cold-type migraine with nausea
- Vomiting with cold intolerance
- Cyclic vomiting presentations
Clinical commentary 臨床
The formula for the headache at the very top of the head with a stomach full of cold water — Jueyin cold rising along the Liver channel to the vertex. One of the clearest channel-theory diagnoses in the classical repertoire. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.