Buddha's Hand Powder for Wrapping Throat Wind

Bulsu-san

한글 불수산 (전후풍) · Pinyin Fo Shou San

佛手散

Not the Hoechun formula for childbirth registered as bulsu-san; the two share a name only.

Composition 構成

Mangcho Mang Xiao
芒硝 망초 · Mirabilite

40 g
Chief 君

1 nyang
Baekgangjam Bai Jiang Can
白殭蠶 백강잠 · Silkworm

20 g
Chief 君

5 don
Cheongdae Qing Dai
靑黛 청대 · Natural Indigo

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

10 g
Envoy 使

2 don 5 pun

Total 74 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 wrapping throat wind — applied in the throat
or blown in where the closure is severe

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wrapping throat wind

Biomedical correlates

Deep neck infection — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治纏喉風神效. 芒硝一兩, 白殭蠶五錢, 甘草二錢半, 靑黛一錢. 右爲末, 取少許敷喉中. 如閉甚, 以竹管吹入. 《類聚》

Translation

Treats wrapping throat wind — divinely effective. Mirabilite 1 nyang; silkworm 5 don; licorice 2 don 5 pun; indigo 1 don. Powder them and apply a little in the throat; where the closure is severe, blow it in through a bamboo tube. — Yuchwi 類聚 (Donguibogam · Inhu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The same four medicinals as the Mouth chapter's Blue Snow, differently weighted. Mirabilite in the mouth draws water out of a swelling, which is why it heads so many of this chapter's powders. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.