Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)
Blow into the Throat Powder for the Uvula
Chwihu-san
한글 취후산 (현옹) · Pinyin Chui Hou San
Three different formulas of this name appear in the chapter; this one is suffixed -hyeonong.
Composition 構成
- Damban膽礬 담반 · Chalcanthite (toxic)8 g
Chief 君equal parts · toxic
- Baekban白礬 백반 · Alum8 g
Chief 君equal parts
- Yeomcho焰硝 염초 · Saltpetre8 g
Deputy 臣equal parts
- Sandugeun山豆根 산두근 · Sophora Root (Shan Dou Gen)8 g
Deputy 臣equal parts
- Gyenaegeum鷄內金 계내금 · Chicken Gizzard Lining8 g
Deputy 臣baked, equal parts
- Yongnoe龍腦 용뇌 · Borneol8 g
Assistant 佐片腦, equal parts
- Jusa朱砂 주사 · Cinnabar (toxic)8 g
Assistant 佐辰砂, equal parts · toxic
Total 56 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 the uvula hanging down swollen and painful
- and any disease of the throat — blown in through a bamboo tube
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Uvular swelling; throat disease generally
Biomedical correlates
- Uvulitis
- Pharyngitis — external use
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治懸雍下垂腫痛及一切咽喉疾. 膽礬ㆍ白礬ㆍ焰硝ㆍ片腦ㆍ山豆根ㆍ辰砂ㆍ鷄內金(焙). 右爲極細末, 以竹管吹少許入喉中卽效. 《回春》
Translation
Treats the uvula hanging down swollen and painful, and any disease of the throat. Bluestone, alum, saltpetre, borneol, sophora subprostrata, cinnabar and chicken gizzard lining (baked). Powder very fine and blow a little into the throat through a bamboo tube, and it answers. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Inhu)