Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

White Hyacinth Bean Powder

Baekpyeondu-san

한글 백편두산 · Pinyin Bai Bian Dou San

白扁豆散

Composition 構成

Baekpyeondu Bai Bian Dou
白扁豆 백편두 · Hyacinth Bean

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Chief 君

powdered

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Actions 效能

Resolves the toxin of drugs taken to attack the foetus

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Poison drugs used to attack the foetus
the drug toxin assailing the heart
the jaw clenched and the fists gripped
spontaneous sweating and loss of awareness
the pulse floating and soft

Biomedical correlates

Poisoning from abortifacient drugs

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治毒藥攻胎, 藥毒衝心, 口噤握拳, 自汗不省, 其脉浮而軟, 十死一生. 白扁豆生爲末, 新汲水調下二三錢, 卽甦. 口噤者, 斡開灌之. 《得效》

Translation

Treats poison drugs used to attack the foetus, the drug toxin assailing the heart, the jaw clenched and the fists gripped, spontaneous sweating and loss of awareness, the pulse floating and soft — ten die and one lives. White hyacinth bean raw and powdered, 2 or 3 don stirred into newly drawn water, and she revives. Where the jaw is clenched, prise it open and pour it in. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

十死一生 — ten die and one lives — is the prognosis, and the section it opens is about the aftermath of a deliberate abortion attempt with toxic drugs. White hyacinth bean is the tradition's general antidote for plant and food poisoning, and it is used here for want of anything specific. The chapter is recording what could be attempted rather than what would work. **This describes poisoning with loss of consciousness — a medical emergency. Pouring liquid into the mouth of an unconscious person causes aspiration.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.