Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Sanghallon (傷寒論)
Minor Sinking into the Chest Decoction
Sohamhyung-tang
한글 소함흉탕 · Pinyin Xiao Xian Xiong Tang
小陷胸湯
Composition 構成
- Gwaru瓜蔞 과루 · Trichosanthes Fruit12 g
Chief 君 - Banha半夏 반하 · Pinellia8 g
Deputy 臣 - Hwangryeon黃連 황련 · Coptis4 g
Deputy 臣
Total 24 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Clears heat and transforms phlegm binding in the chest
- Disperses focal distention and relieves pressure pain
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Phlegm-heat knotted below the heart
- Epigastric or chest fullness painful when pressed
- Sticky yellow sputum with a slippery rapid pulse
Biomedical correlates
- Gastritis and reflux with heat
- Chest oppression with productive cough
- Epigastric tenderness of phlegm-heat type
Clinical commentary 臨床
Phlegm and heat cooked into a knot under the sternum — Gwaru slides it, Hwangryeon cools it, Banha breaks it. The pressure-pain sign (painful only when pressed) is what separates this from its fiercer elder brother. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.