Buddha's Hand Powder for Throat Sores

Bulsu-san

한글 불수산 (인후창) · Pinyin Fo Shou San

佛手散

A third formula of this name; the throat-wind one is bulsu-san-in and the childbirth one bulsu-san.

Composition 構成

Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

80 g
Chief 君

the leaf, 2 nyang
Mangcho Mang Xiao
芒硝 망초 · Mirabilite

40 g
Chief 君

1 nyang
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Pohwang Pu Huang
蒲黃 포황 · Cattail Pollen

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Cheongdae Qing Dai
靑黛 청대 · Natural Indigo

8 g
Deputy 臣

2 don
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

28 g
Envoy 使

7 don

Total 196 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

Treats wind heat with the throat swollen and painful and sores arising — dusted on dry or blown in

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind heat throat sores

Biomedical correlates

Ulcerative pharyngitis — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風熱咽喉腫痛生瘡. 薄荷葉二兩, 芒硝一兩, 甘草七錢, 桔梗ㆍ蒲黃各五錢, 靑黛二錢. 右爲末, 取少許乾糝, 或以竹管吹入喉中. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats wind heat with the throat swollen and painful and sores arising. Mint leaf 2 nyang; mirabilite 1 nyang; licorice 7 don; platycodon and cattail pollen 5 don each; indigo 2 don. Powder them and dust a little on dry, or blow it into the throat through a bamboo tube. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Inhu)