Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)
Seize the Tiger Elixir
Chakho-dan
한글 착호단 · Pinyin Zhuo Hu Dan
Powdered and bound with a glutinous rice paste into pills the size of euryale seeds; one pill on an empty stomach, dissolved in warm wine. If it drives the pain to the surface of the foot and the red swelling does not disperse, take another pill; when it is driven to the heart of the sole and black sweat comes out, the root is removed. Also called Ilripgeum-dan. **Note on modern practice: caowu (草烏) is a regulated toxic aconite requiring proper processing; musk is a protected animal product and contemporary preparations substitute synthetic musk.**
Composition 構成
- Oryeongji五靈脂 오령지 · Flying Squirrel Feces60 g
Chief 君 - Baekgyohyang白膠香 백교향 · Sweetgum Resin60 g
Chief 君 - Choo草烏 초오 · Wild Aconite60 g
Deputy 臣 boiled with black soybean, the beans discarded - Mokbyeolja木鼈子 목별자 · Momordica Seed (toxic)60 g
Deputy 臣 - Jiryong地龍 지룡 · Earthworm60 g
Deputy 臣 - Yuhyang乳香 유향 · Frankincense30 g
Assistant 佐 - Molyak沒藥 몰약 · Myrrh30 g
Assistant 佐 - Danggui當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica30 g
Assistant 佐 - Sahyang麝香 사향 · Musk (prohibited)10 g
Assistant 佐 - Songyeonmuk松烟墨 송연묵 · Pine-Soot Ink10 g
Assistant 佐 calcined
Total 410 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Seizes a running pain in the legs that cannot be borne
- Drives it down to the sole and out
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Leg qi with running and pouring pain that cannot be endured (走注疼痛不可忍)
- Severe shifting leg pain
- Cold damp exuberance with pain
Biomedical correlates
- Severe shifting leg pain
- Acute gouty-type attacks
- Refractory leg pain
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治脚氣, 走注疼痛不可忍. 五靈脂ㆍ白膠香ㆍ草烏(黑豆同煮去豆)ㆍ木鱉子ㆍ地龍 各一兩半, 乳香ㆍ沒藥ㆍ當歸 各七錢半, 麝香ㆍ松烟墨(煆) 各二錢半. 右爲末, 糯米糊和丸芡實大, 每一丸, 空心, 溫酒化下. 趕到脚面, 赤腫不散, 再服一丸. 趕至脚心中, 出黑汗, 乃除根. 《入門》 ○一名一粒金丹. 《丹心》
Translation
Treats leg qi with running and pouring pain that cannot be borne. Flying-squirrel droppings, sweetgum resin, caowu aconite boiled with black soybean and the beans discarded, momordica seed, and earthworm, 1 nyang 5 don each; frankincense, myrrh, and Korean angelica, 7 don 5 fun each; musk and calcined pine-soot ink, 2 don 5 fun each. Powder the above and bind with a glutinous rice paste into pills the size of euryale seeds; take one pill on an empty stomach, dissolved in warm wine. Where it drives the pain to the surface of the foot and the red swelling does not disperse, take another pill; when it is driven to the heart of the sole and black sweat issues, the root is removed. Also called Ilripgeum-dan. — Immun 入門 · Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Jok)