Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Taepyeong Hyeminhwajegukbang (太平惠民和劑局方)

Iron Pellet Pill

Cheoltan-won

한글 철탄원 · Pinyin Tie Dan Yuan

鐵彈元

The aconite here is blast-fried, unlike the raw aconite of Oryong-dan immediately preceding; the two formulas are otherwise close in construction.

Composition 構成

Oryeongji Wu Ling Zhi
五靈脂 오령지 · Flying Squirrel Feces

80 g
Chief 君
Cheono Chuan Wu
川烏 천오 · Aconite Main Root

40 g
Chief 君

blast-fried · toxic
Yuhyang Ru Xiang
乳香 유향 · Frankincense

20 g
Deputy 臣
Molyak Mo Yao
沒藥 몰약 · Myrrh

20 g
Deputy 臣
Sahyang She Xiang
麝香 사향 · Musk (prohibited)

4 g
Envoy 使

CITES

Total 164 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 stroke with facial deviation
paralysis
drool rising
halting speech
cramping sinews and aching bones
Quickens the blood and stops pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood stasis with wind in the channels
Wind with cramping sinews and bone pain

Biomedical correlates

Stroke sequelae with pain
Post-stroke spasticity

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治中風喎斜ㆍ癱瘓ㆍ涎潮ㆍ語澁ㆍ筋攣ㆍ骨痛, 應是風疾無不治之. 五靈脂二兩, 川烏(炮) 一兩, 乳香ㆍ沒藥各五錢, 麝香一錢. 右爲末, 滴水和丸彈子大, 每一丸, 薄荷酒化下. 《局方》

Translation

Treats wind stroke with deviation of the mouth and eye, paralysis, drool rising, halting speech, cramping sinews and aching bones; whatever is a wind disease, there is none it does not treat. Trogopterus dung, 2 nyang; blast-fried aconite kusnezoffii, 1 nyang; frankincense and myrrh, 5 don each; musk, 1 don. Powder, drip water to form pills the size of a bullet, and dissolve one in mint wine. — Taepyeong Hyeminhwajegukbang 局方 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Oryong-dan with the aconite processed and the analgesic pair added, which makes it the safer and better-aimed of the two. The symptom list — cramping sinews and aching bones — tells you what it is really for: the painful spastic limb rather than the paralysed one, and frankincense, myrrh and trogopterus dung are the tradition's standard answer to that. Musk is CITES-listed; the blast-fried aconite still demands care. Mint wine as the vehicle is an odd and pleasant touch. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.