Formulas · Expel Worms 驅蟲 · Jikji (直指)
Pepper and Salt Powder
Chojeom-san
한글 초염산 · Pinyin Jiao Yan San
椒鹽散
Composition 構成
- Cheoncho川椒 천초 · Sichuan Pepper4 g
Chief 君 - Yeom鹽 염 · Salt4 g
Chief 君白鹽
- Nobongbang露蜂房 노봉방 · Hornet's Nest4 g
Deputy 臣 - Chongbaek蔥白 총백 · Scallion White—
Envoy 使3 stalks, decocted with it
Total 12 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 a worm-eaten toothache — rinsed hot and spat cold
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Worm-eaten tooth with pain
Biomedical correlates
- Dental caries — external use
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治蟲牙痛. 川椒ㆍ白鹽ㆍ露蜂房 各一錢. 右剉, 入葱白 三莖, 煎水, 熱漱冷吐. 《直指》
Translation
Treats a worm-eaten toothache. Sichuan pepper, white salt and hornet's nest 1 don each. Cut up, add three stalks of scallion white, decoct in water, rinse hot and spit cold.
Clinical commentary 臨床
Salt and pepper in hot water. Of all the chapter's answers to a decayed tooth this is the one a person could make now, and warm salt water is still what a dentist tells a patient to rinse with. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.