Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Igan (易簡)

Ginseng and Perilla Drink

Samso-eum

한글 삼소음 · Pinyin Shen Su Yin

參蘇飮

The Bogam prints 參蘇飮, and that is the name printed here. The herb dictionary keeps 人蔘 as the headword for ginseng, but the formula names follow the base text, which writes 參 throughout.

Composition 構成

Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

4 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeonho Qian Hu
前胡 전호 · Peucedanum

4 g
Deputy 臣
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

4 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

3 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

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

3 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

3 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two dates

Total 36 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

Releases the exterior while supporting the qi
Regulates qi and transforms phlegm
Stops cough

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind-cold damage with headache
fever and cough
Internal cause in the seven affects with copious phlegm
chest fullness and tidal fever

Biomedical correlates

Common cold in frail patients
Lingering cough after a cold
Cold with digestive weakness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治感傷風寒, 頭痛ㆍ發熱ㆍ咳嗽, 及內因七情ㆍ痰盛ㆍ胸滿ㆍ潮熱. 人參ㆍ紫蘇葉ㆍ前胡ㆍ半夏ㆍ乾葛ㆍ赤茯苓各一錢, 陳皮ㆍ桔梗ㆍ枳殼ㆍ甘草各七分半. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 棗二枚, 水煎服. 《易簡》

Translation

Treats contraction and damage by wind-cold with headache, fever and cough, and also an internal cause in the seven affects with copious phlegm, chest fullness and tidal fever. Ginseng, perilla leaf, peucedanum, pinellia, pueraria and red poria, 1 don each; tangerine peel, platycodon, bitter orange and licorice, 7 fun 5 ri each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and two jujubes and decoct in water. — Igan 易簡 (Donguibogam · Han, upper)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The gentle answer when ephedra-class diaphoresis would flatten the patient — perilla leaf opens the exterior softly while ginseng holds the centre. The second indication is the one that gets overlooked: an internal cause in the seven affects, meaning the cold that follows a period of worry or grief, with phlegm and a tight chest. Half the formula is qi-regulating rather than surface-releasing, which is why it suits that picture. The default cold formula for the deficient and the elderly, and the base of several of the relapse formulas later in this chapter. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.