Clear Metal and Down the Fire Elixir

Cheonggeumganghwa-dan

한글 청금강화단 · Pinyin Qing Jin Jiang Huo Dan

淸金降火丹

Pill formula, bulk amounts: powdered, worked with honey, each nyang divided into twenty pills; held in the mouth to dissolve and swallowed. A Korean folk formulary (俗方) entry.

Composition 構成

Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

40 g
Chief 君
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

40 g
Chief 君
Yeonjayuk Lian Zi
蓮子肉 연자육 · Lotus Seed

40 g
Deputy 臣蓮實
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

20 g
Assistant 佐
Yongnoe Long Nao
龍腦 용뇌 · Borneol

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Satang Sha Tang
砂糖 사당 · Granulated Sugar

200 g
Envoy 使

Total 341.2 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

Moistens the vacuously hot Heart and Lung with sweet cool syrup
Downs the fire by feeding the Metal it burns

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Vacuous heat of Heart and Lung (心肺虛熱)
Dry throat and chest heat in the depleted
The gentlest lozenge in the fire chapter

Biomedical correlates

Dry cough and throat irritation with fatigue
Mild chronic upper-body heat sensations
Soothing demulcent therapy

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治心肺虛熱. 天門冬ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ蓮實各一兩, 五味子五錢, 砂糖五兩, 龍腦三分. 右爲末, 蜜和兩作二十丸, 含化嚥下. 《俗方》

Translation

Treats vacuous heat of the Heart and Lung. Asparagus root, ophiopogon, and lotus seed, 1 nyang each; schisandra 5 don; granulated sugar 5 nyang; borneol 0.3 don. Powder the above, work with honey, and divide each nyang into twenty pills; hold in the mouth to dissolve and swallow. — Sokbang 俗方 (Donguibogam · Hwa)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The vacuous-fire clause rendered as nearly a candy — two asparagi and lotus seed in five ounces of sugar, borneol lending its cold sparkle. For the heat that comes from dryness, the treatment is sweetness itself: a Korean folk answer that Danxi's doctrine would endorse herb for herb. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.