Formulas · Transform Dampness 化濕 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Clear Summerheat and Harmonize the Middle Powder

Cheongseo-hwajung-san

한글 청서화중산 · Pinyin Qing Shu He Zhong San

淸暑和中散

霜降 is the solar term Frost Descent, around 23 October; the prohibition fixes the formula's season.

Composition 構成

Hyangyu Xiang Ru
香薷 향유 · Elsholtzia

80 g
Chief 君
Jeoryeong Zhu Ling
猪苓 저령 · Polyporus

60 g
Deputy 臣
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

60 g
Deputy 臣
Hwalseok Hua Shi
滑石 활석 · Talc

60 g
Deputy 臣
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

40 g
Deputy 臣
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

28 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbongnyeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

28 g
Deputy 臣
Chogwa Cao Guo
草果 초과 · Tsaoko Fruit

60 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangnyeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

40 g
Assistant 佐

wine-fried
Moktong Mu Tong
木通 목통 · Akebia

40 g
Assistant 佐
Chajeonja Che Qian Zi
車前子 차전자 · Plantago Seed

40 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

40 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

40 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

28 g
Assistant 佐
Hoehyang Hui Xiang
茴香 회향 · Fennel Fruit

20 g
Assistant 佐
Baekpyeondu Bai Bian Dou
白扁豆 백편두 · Hyacinth Bean

16 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

12 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

12 g
Envoy 使

Total 704 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 every pattern of summerheat stroke and injury by summerheat
Not to be used after the frost descends

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Summerheat damp heat in the middle burner
Summerheat with urinary and bowel disturbance

Biomedical correlates

Heat exhaustion
Summer gastroenteritis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治中暑ㆍ傷暑諸證. 霜降後勿用. 香薷二兩, 猪苓ㆍ澤瀉ㆍ滑石ㆍ草果各一兩半, 黃連(酒炒)ㆍ厚朴ㆍ木通ㆍ車前子(炒)ㆍ枳殼ㆍ縮砂各一兩, 白朮ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ陳皮各七錢, 茴香五錢, 白扁豆四錢, 木香ㆍ甘草各三錢. 右細末, 每二錢, 冷水調下; 或剉一兩, 水煎服亦佳. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats every pattern of summerheat stroke and injury by summerheat. Do not use it after the frost descends. Elsholtzia, 2 nyang; polyporus, alisma, talc and tsaoko, 1 nyang 5 don each; wine-fried coptis, magnolia bark, akebia, stir-fried plantain seed, bitter orange and amomum, 1 nyang each; atractylodes, red poria and tangerine peel, 7 don each; fennel, 5 don; hyacinth bean, 4 don; costus and licorice, 3 don each. Make a fine powder; 2 don each time, taken stirred into cold water; or cut up 1 nyang and decoct in water, which is also good. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Seo)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A seventeen-drug summerheat powder with a date on it: do not use it after Frost Descent. That is the only seasonal prohibition in the chapter and it is worth noting — the formula is cool, draining and aromatic, and in cold weather it would do a patient nothing but harm. The construction is elsholtzia over a four-drug water-draining core with akebia and plantain seed added, so it works on the urine as much as the stool, and the aromatic tail of amomum, fennel and costus keeps the cold drugs from stalling the stomach. Made up as a powder in quantity and dispensed through a season, which the two-nyang-and-upward weights make plain. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.