Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Uihak Gangmok (醫學綱目)

Supplement the Liver Powder for Liver Wind Internal Obstruction

Bogan-san

한글 보간산 (눈) · Pinyin Bu Gan San

補肝散

The source's first-edition collation notes 比 for 此 in this entry. Not the Supplement the Liver Powder registered as bogan-san; the two share a name only, and a second formula of the same name appears later in this chapter.

Composition 構成

Yeongyanggak Ling Yang Jiao
羚羊角 영양각 · Saiga Antelope Horn (prohibited)

40 g
Chief 君

1 nyang · CITES
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

40 g
Chief 君

1 nyang
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

14 g
Deputy 臣

3 don 5 pun
Chajeonja Che Qian Zi
車前子 차전자 · Plantago Seed

14 g
Deputy 臣

3 don 5 pun
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

14 g
Deputy 臣

3 don 5 pun
Hyeonsam Xuan Shen
玄參 현삼 · Scrophularia

14 g
Deputy 臣

3 don 5 pun
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

30 g
Assistant 佐

7 don 5 pun
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

14 g
Assistant 佐

3 don 5 pun
Hagocho Xia Ku Cao
夏枯草 하고초 · Selfheal

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Assistant 佐

added where the sinews and vessels are withered and rough
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

30 g
Envoy 使

7 don 5 pun

Total 210 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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

Treats liver wind internal obstruction with neither pain nor itching
the eyes seeing five flowers or one object as two

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Liver wind internal obstruction with diplopia
Wind in the liver channel with visual distortion

Biomedical correlates

Diplopia
Visual distortion in optic disease

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治肝風內障, 不痛不痒, 眼見五花, 或一物二形. 羚羊角ㆍ防風各一兩, 人參ㆍ赤茯苓各七錢半, 羌活ㆍ車前子ㆍ細辛ㆍ玄參ㆍ黃芩(炒) 各三錢半. 右爲末, 每二錢, 米飮調下, 食後. ○羚羊角行厥陰經, 玄參ㆍ細辛行少陰經, 羌活ㆍ防風ㆍ車前子行太陽經. 如筋脉枯澁, 加夏枯草, 嘗試有驗. 《綱目》

Translation

Treats liver wind internal obstruction with neither pain nor itching, the eyes seeing five flowers or one object as two. Antelope horn and saposhnikovia 1 nyang each; ginseng and red poria 7 don 5 pun each; notopterygium, plantago seed, asarum, scrophularia and scutellaria (stir-fried) 3 don 5 pun each. Powder them and take 2 don at a time stirred into rice water, after food. Antelope horn travels the reverting yin channel; scrophularia and asarum the lesser yin; notopterygium, saposhnikovia and plantago seed the greater yang. Where the sinews and vessels are withered and rough, add selfheal — I have tried it and it answers. — Uihak Gangmok 綱目 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The one entry in the section that explains itself by channel, drug by drug, and the explanation is why it is worth keeping: antelope horn for the liver, scrophularia and asarum for the kidney, notopterygium and saposhnikovia for the bladder — three channels covered because the eye's connecting vessel runs through all three. Seeing one object as two, without pain, is the indication, and the Gangmok's own addition of selfheal is offered as tested rather than reasoned. **Antelope horn comes from a CITES-listed species and cannot lawfully be traded; goat horn is used in its place.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.