Formulas · Tonify Yang 補陽 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Psoralea Pill for the Ear

Bogolji-hwan

한글 보골지환 (이) · Pinyin Bu Gu Zhi Wan

補骨脂丸

Composition 構成

Jaseok Ci Shi
磁石 자석 · Magnetite

50 g
Chief 君

calcined and vinegar-quenched, 1 nyang 2 don 5 pun
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

8 g
Chief 君

2 don
Bogolji Bu Gu Zhi
補骨脂 보골지 · Psoralea

8 g
Chief 君

2 don
Seokchangpo Shi Chang Pu
石菖蒲 석창포 · Acorus

8 g
Chief 君

2 don
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

8 g
Deputy 臣

2 don
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

8 g
Deputy 臣

2 don
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

8 g
Deputy 臣

2 don
Tosaja Tu Si Zi
菟絲子 토사자 · Cuscuta

8 g
Deputy 臣

2 don
Cheoncho Chuan Jiao
川椒 천초 · Sichuan Pepper

8 g
Deputy 臣

2 don
Baekjilryeo Bai Ji Li
白蒺藜 백질려 · Tribulus

8 g
Deputy 臣

白蒺藜, 2 don
Horopa Hu Lu Ba
胡蘆巴 호로파 · Fenugreek Seed

8 g
Deputy 臣

2 don
Duchung Du Zhong
杜仲 두충 · Eucommia Bark

8 g
Deputy 臣

2 don
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

8 g
Deputy 臣

2 don
Bongmil Feng Mi
蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey

—
Envoy 使

for binding
Chongbaek Cong Bai
蔥白 총백 · Scallion White

—
Envoy 使

scallion white decoction as the draught

Total 146 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats taxation detriment with deafness

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Taxation deafness — essence deserted
the ear rim scorched and dusty

Biomedical correlates

Hearing loss from chronic debility

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治勞損耳聾. 磁石(煆醋柒) 一兩二錢半, 熟地黃ㆍ當歸ㆍ川芎ㆍ肉桂ㆍ兎絲子ㆍ川椒ㆍ破故紙ㆍ白蒺藜ㆍ胡蘆巴ㆍ杜沖ㆍ白芷ㆍ菖蒲各二錢. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 空心葱白湯下五十丸. 《入門》

Translation

Treats taxation detriment with deafness. Loadstone (calcined and quenched in vinegar) 1 nyang 2 don 5 pun; cooked rehmannia, angelica, chuanxiong, cinnamon, cuscuta, Sichuan pepper, psoralea, caltrop, fenugreek, eucommia, angelica dahurica and acorus 2 don each. Powder them, make honey pills the size of a firmiana seed, and take fifty on an empty stomach with scallion white decoction. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · I)

Clinical commentary 臨床

4.5.11 names the sign of taxation deafness: the cheeks and cheekbones darkened and the rim of the ear scorched and dry enough to take dust. The Bone chapter's 11.10 reads the same ear for the bone. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.