Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Jonghaeng (種杏)

The Formula for Throat Impediment with Sores

Chi Hubi Saengchang Bang

한글 치후비생창방 · Pinyin Zhi Hou Bi Sheng Chuang Fang

治喉痺生瘡方

Composition 構成

Padu Ba Dou
巴豆 파두 · Croton Seed

8 g
Chief 君

equal parts · severely toxic
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

8 g
Chief 君

equal parts

Total 16 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 throat impediment and moth swelling ulcerated so that nothing passes and death is near — a paper taper put up both nostrils

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Throat closure with ulceration
nothing passing

Biomedical correlates

Acute airway obstruction — emergency use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

喉痺乳蛾腫痛生瘡潰爛, 水漿不入, 死在須臾. 用巴豆肉ㆍ細辛等分爲末, 用紙捲藥在中, 兩頭撚緊, 從中剪斷, 塞入兩鼻中, 一時頭頂氷凉, 咽喉卽開. 《種杏》

Translation

For throat impediment and moth swelling, swollen, painful, ulcerated and rotting so that neither water nor gruel goes in and death is a moment away: powder croton kernel and asarum in equal parts, roll the medicine in paper, twist both ends tight, cut it in two at the middle and put a piece up each nostril; presently the crown of the head goes ice-cold and the throat opens. — Jonghaeng 種杏 (Donguibogam · Inhu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

頭頂氷凉 — the crown of the head goes ice-cold, which is the sign the chapter waits for. **Croton is a severe vesicant and this puts it against the nasal mucosa. It must not be prepared.** What is described — a throat ulcerated shut with nothing passing — needs an airway, not a counter-irritant. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.