Formulas · Stop Cough & Wheeze 止咳平喘 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Qi)

Perilla Seed Direct the Qi Downward Decoction

Sojaganggi-tang

한글 소자강기탕 · Pinyin Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang

蘇子降氣湯

Composition 構成

Soja Zi Su Zi
蘇子 자소자 · Perilla Seed

4 g
Chief 君
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeonho Qian Hu
前胡 전호 · Peucedanum

3 g
Deputy 臣
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

3 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

3 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

3 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

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

3 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Soyeop Zi Su Ye
蘇葉 소엽 · Perilla Leaf

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 30 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

Directs Lung Qi downward and calms wheezing
Transforms phlegm and warms the lower origin

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Excess phlegm above with deficiency below
Cough and wheezing with copious sputum worse lying down
Shortness of breath with weak low back and cold legs

Biomedical correlates

Chronic bronchitis with wheeze
COPD-pattern breathlessness (adjunctive)
Cough worse at night in older patients

Clinical commentary 臨床

The formula for the chest too full and the Kidney too empty — phlegm descended from above while Yukgye quietly reinforces below. The classical model for the chronic wheeze of later life. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.