Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Uihak Gangmok (醫學綱目)

Chuanxiong Powder for Migraine

Cheongung-san

한글 천궁산 (편두통) · Pinyin Chuan Xiong San

川芎散

Composition 構成

Gamguk Ju Hua
甘菊 감국 · Chrysanthemum

24 g
Chief 君

6 don
Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

24 g
Chief 君

6 don
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

24 g
Chief 君

6 don
Baekgangjam Bai Jiang Can
白殭蠶 백강잠 · Silkworm

24 g
Deputy 臣

raw, 6 don
Sechacha Xi Ya Cha
細芽茶 세아차 · Fine Tea Buds

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Envoy 使

clear tea as the draught

Total 96 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 one-sided headache — divinely effective

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Migraine

Biomedical correlates

Migraine

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治偏頭痛神效. 甘菊ㆍ石膏ㆍ川芎ㆍ白殭蠶(生) 各六錢. 右細末, 每三錢, 茶淸調下. 《綱目》

Translation

Treats one-sided headache — divinely effective. Chrysanthemum, gypsum, chuanxiong and silkworm (raw) 6 don each. Powder finely and take 3 don stirred into clear tea. — Uihak Gangmok 綱目 (Donguibogam · Du)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four medicinals in equal weight and nothing poisonous in it — the chapter's mildest migraine formula, and the one a reader could actually use. 1.18 assigns one-sided headache to phlegm and heat on the left and to blood vacuity on the right. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.