Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Clear the Spirit Powder for the Ear

Cheongsin-san

한글 청신산 (이) · Pinyin Qing Shen San

淸神散

Composition 構成

Baekgangjam Bai Jiang Can
白殭蠶 백강잠 · Silkworm

40 g
Chief 君
Gamguk Ju Hua
甘菊 감국 · Chrysanthemum

40 g
Chief 君
Seokchangpo Shi Chang Pu
石菖蒲 석창포 · Acorus

10 g
Chief 君

2 don 5 pun
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Moktong Mu Tong
木通 목통 · Akebia

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

10 g
Envoy 使

2 don 5 pun
Sechacha Xi Ya Cha
細芽茶 세아차 · Fine Tea Buds

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Envoy 使

clear tea as the draught, after food

Total 220 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats wind qi congesting the ear with constant hardness of hearing and the head and eyes unclear

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind qi congesting the ear — hardness of hearing

Biomedical correlates

Hearing loss with head fog

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風氣壅耳, 常重聽, 頭目不淸. 白殭蠶ㆍ甘菊各一兩, 羌活ㆍ荊芥ㆍ木通ㆍ川芎ㆍ香附子ㆍ防風各五錢, 石菖蒲ㆍ甘草各二錢半. 右爲末, 每二錢, 食後茶淸調下. 或剉水煎服亦可. 《入門》

Translation

Treats wind qi congesting the ear with constant hardness of hearing and the head and eyes unclear. Silkworm and chrysanthemum 1 nyang each; notopterygium, schizonepeta, akebia, chuanxiong, cyperus and saposhnikovia 5 don each; acorus and licorice 2 don 5 pun each. Powder them and take 2 don after food stirred into clear tea; or it may be cut up and decocted. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · I)

Clinical commentary 臨床

重聽 — hardness of hearing, the stage before deafness: sound arrives but does not come clear. Chrysanthemum and silkworm are the pair the tradition sends to the head for a dulled sense, and acorus opens the ear itself. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.