Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Jikji (直指)

Borax Powder

Bungsa-san

한글 붕사산 · Pinyin Peng Sha San

硼砂散

Composition 構成

Bungsa Peng Sha
硼砂 붕사 · Borax

12 g
Chief 君
Hobak Hu Po
琥珀 호박 · Amber

12 g
Chief 君
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

12 g
Deputy 臣
Chokgyuja Shu Kui Zi
蜀葵子 촉규자 · Hollyhock Seed

12 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

12 g
Assistant 佐

陳橘皮
Chongbaek Cong Bai
蔥白 총백 · Scallion White

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Envoy 使

2 stalks, in the draught
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

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Envoy 使

21 grains, in the draught
Bongmil Feng Mi
蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey

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Envoy 使

2 spoonfuls, in the draught

Total 60 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 ingredients 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 sand and stone strangury with acute pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Sand and stone strangury with acute pain

Biomedical correlates

Urinary calculus with colic

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治沙石淋急痛. 硼砂ㆍ琥珀ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ蜀葵子ㆍ陳橘皮各三錢. 右爲末, 取二錢, 以葱白二莖, 麥門冬二十一粒, 蜜二匙, 煎湯空心調下. 《直指》

Translation

Treats sand and stone strangury with acute pain. Borax, amber, red poria, hollyhock seed and aged tangerine peel 3 don each. Powder them and take 2 don, stirred into a decoction of 2 scallion stalks, 21 grains of ophiopogon and 2 spoonfuls of honey, on an empty stomach. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Sobyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Borax and amber — the Jikji's pair for a stone that is moving and hurting. The same scallion, honey and slippery-seed draught as the formula before it, which is the section's signature. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.