Formulas · External Application 外用 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Formula for Treating Purple Lichen Wind

Chi-jajeonpung-bang

한글 치자전풍방 · Pinyin Zhi Zi Dian Feng Fang

治紫癜風方

An unnamed prescription: the base text prints it as a leaf headed only 治紫癜風方, between the Samhwang-san and Gagamhasuo-san leaves, and the section's own list of formulas does not name it.

Composition 構成

Hobun Hu Fen
胡粉 호분 · White Lead (toxic)

20 g
Chief 君

5 don of white lead · toxic
Yuhwang Liu Huang
硫黃 유황 · Sulphur

12 g
Deputy 臣

3 don · toxic
Gyejacheong Ji Zi Qing
雞子淸 계자청 · Egg White

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Envoy 使

egg white, as vehicle

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 purple lichen wind — applied to the patches

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Purple discoloured patches on the skin

Biomedical correlates

Tinea versicolor, pigmented form — topical

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

官粉五錢, 硫黃三錢. 右爲末, 雞子淸調搽. 《醫鑑》

Translation

White lead 5 don, sulphur 3 don. Powder them and rub on, mixed with egg white. — Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Pi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The shortest of the lichen-wind applications and the one aimed only at the purple form. Sulphur is the active part, as in every other preparation in this section; the white lead is a white pigment and a thickener, and egg white sets the paste on the skin. **White lead is lead carbonate and sulphur is a skin irritant; this must not be prepared.** Lead is absorbed through skin, and the paste is to be left on patches that may be broken. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.