Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Scatter Depression Decoction

Sanul-tang

한글 산울탕 · Pinyin San Yu Tang

散鬱湯

The passage carries no source annotation of its own. It sits among Hoechun formulas and shares their construction, so the attribution is inherited rather than stated; entered as Manbyeong Hoechun on that basis, following the precedent set for Sanchija-san in the Phlegm-Rheum chapter.

Composition 構成

Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

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

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

4.8 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4.8 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4.8 g
Assistant 佐
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

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

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

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 47.2 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

Scatters food depression and frees the centre
Clears depressed heat and softens the liver

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Food depression with glomus and distension
Depressed heat in the stomach

Biomedical correlates

Functional dyspepsia with a burning quality

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治食鬱. 陳皮ㆍ赤茯苓各一錢半, 蒼朮ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ川芎ㆍ梔子各一錢二分, 枳殼ㆍ香附各一錢, 甘草五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三, 煎服.

Translation

Treats food depression. Tangerine peel and red poria 1.5 don each; atractylodes lancea, white peony, chuanxiong and gardenia 1 don 2 pun each; bitter orange and cyperus 1 don each; licorice 5 pun. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct and take. — (Donguibogam · Jeokchwi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Named for food depression but containing no food-reducing medicinal at all — no hawthorn, no leaven, no barley sprout. What it has instead is white peony and gardenia, which soften the liver and drain depressed heat. The passage that closes this section makes the reasoning explicit: when depression is scattered, the upper burner moves, the lower duct opens, and the yin of grain and water enriches of itself. Treat the depression and the food moves; attacking the food is not always necessary. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.