Clear the Void Paste

Cheonggong-go

한글 청공고 · Pinyin Qing Kong Gao

淸空膏

Composition 構成

Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

120 g
Chief 君

3 nyang, half raw and half wine-fried
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

40 g
Chief 君

wine-fried (酒炒)
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

20 g
Chief 君

5 don
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

40 g
Deputy 臣
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

40 g
Deputy 臣
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

30 g
Deputy 臣

7 don
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

60 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸), 1 nyang 5 don
Sechacha Xi Ya Cha
細芽茶 세아차 · Fine Tea Buds

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Envoy 使

clear tea, stirred to a paste

Total 350 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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 wind
damp and heat one-sided or full headache

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind damp heat — headache

Biomedical correlates

Chronic headache
Migraine

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風濕熱偏正頭痛. 黃芩三兩<span class='sochu'>內半生半酒炒</span>, 甘草(灸) 一兩半, 防風ㆍ羌活ㆍ黃連(酒炒) 各一兩, 柴胡七錢, 川芎五錢. 右爲末, 每二錢, 茶淸調成膏, 臨臥抹口內, 少用白湯送下.

Translation

Treats wind, damp and heat one-sided or full headache. Scutellaria 3 nyang, half of it raw and half wine-fried; licorice (mix-fried) 1 nyang 5 don; saposhnikovia, notopterygium and coptis (wine-fried) 1 nyang each; bupleurum 7 don; chuanxiong 5 don. Powder them and take 2 don at a time stirred into clear tea to a paste; at bedtime smear it inside the mouth and wash it down with a little plain hot water. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Du)

Clinical commentary 臨床

臨臥抹口內 — smeared inside the mouth at bedtime rather than swallowed as a decoction, so it works slowly through the night. Dongwon's best-known headache formula, and the one later writers reduced to its chief at Socheonggong-go. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.