Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Qi)

Six Gentlemen Decoction

Yukgunja-tang

한글 육군자탕 · Pinyin Liu Jun Zi Tang

六君子湯

Registered from the Qi chapter with all six medicinals at parity. Collation with Damum 6.19.2 gives pinellia and white atractylodes at 1.5 don against 1 don for the middle three and 5 pun for licorice, and adds the ginger and jujubes. The Damum weighting is adopted; the source field retains the Japbyeong (Qi) chapter attribution alongside the Jeongjeon citation given here.

Composition 構成

Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

6 g
Chief 君 1.5 don
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

6 g
Chief 君 1.5 don
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Deputy 臣
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

8 g
Envoy 使 2 fruits
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 mix-fried (灸)

Total 40 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

Tonifies Spleen Qi
Dries dampness and transforms phlegm

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen deficiency generating damp-phlegm
Poor appetite with nausea
Fatigue with loose stools and sputum

Biomedical correlates

Functional dyspepsia
Chronic gastritis
Appetite loss in weak patients

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣虛痰盛. 半夏ㆍ白朮各一錢半, 陳皮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ人參各一錢, 甘草(灸) 五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三片, 棗二枚, 煎服. 《正傳》

Translation

Treats qi vacuity with abundant phlegm. Pinellia and white atractylodes 1.5 don each; tangerine peel, white poria and ginseng 1 don each; licorice (mix-fried) 5 pun. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct and take. — Uihak Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Damum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Sagunja-tang with pinellia and tangerine peel added, and in the Damum weighting it is pinellia and white atractylodes that lead rather than ginseng. That is the section's argument in miniature: where the spleen cannot move and transform, treating the phlegm alone makes more of it, and the passage warns that over-freeing medicinals leave the spleen qi depleted below so that phlegm returns more readily. Supplement the spleen, clear the centre qi, and the phlegm moves down of itself — the chapter calls this treating the root. Add bamboo sap and ginger juice where the spleen cannot transform. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.