Blue Dragon Powder

Cheongnyong-san

한글 청룡산 · Pinyin Qing Long San

靑龍散

The source gives no individual weights, only 1 nyang of the cut mixture for each dose; equal parts are assumed, which puts 2 don 5 fun of each drug in a dose.

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

10 g
Chief 君

a quarter of the 1 nyang taken for each dose
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

10 g
Deputy 臣

a quarter of the 1 nyang taken for each dose
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

10 g
Deputy 臣

a quarter of the 1 nyang taken for each dose
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

10 g
Assistant 佐

a quarter of the 1 nyang taken for each dose
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices

Total 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 cough with qi rising, so that the patient cannot lie down

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi cough with orthopnoea

Biomedical correlates

Orthopnoea with cough

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治咳上氣不得卧. 人參ㆍ陳皮ㆍ紫蘇葉ㆍ五味子. 右剉一兩, 薑三, 水煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats cough with qi rising, so that the patient cannot lie down. Ginseng, tangerine peel, perilla leaf and schisandra. Cut up and take 1 nyang, with three slices of ginger, decocted in water. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four drugs and no weights, which is how the Dansim writes a formula meant to be easy to remember. 不得卧 — cannot lie down — is orthopnoea, and it is the sign that separates this from an ordinary cough: a patient who must sit up to breathe has fluid or failure behind the cough, not irritation. **Orthopnoea with cough needs assessment for heart failure and for lung disease.** The formula itself is mild — ginseng and schisandra to hold the qi, perilla leaf and tangerine peel to move it — and would not touch either cause. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.