Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Soa Yakjeung Jikgyeol (小兒藥證直訣)

Guide Out the Red Powder

Dojeok-san

한글 도적산 · Pinyin Dao Chi San

導赤散

Composition 構成

Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

6 g
Chief 君
Moktong Mu Tong
木通 목통 · Akebia

6 g
Deputy 臣
Jukyeop Zhu Ye
竹葉 죽엽 · Bamboo Leaf

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

6 g
Envoy 使

Total 22 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

Clears Heart fire through the urine
Nourishes Yin while draining heat

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Heart fire transferred to the Small Intestine
Mouth and tongue sores with dark burning urination
Irritability with thirst in children

Biomedical correlates

Mouth ulcers with urinary burning
Pediatric irritability with dark urine
Recurrent tongue-tip sores

Clinical commentary 臨床

Qian Yi's pediatric jewel — Heart fire escorted out through the bladder, with Saengjihwang guarding the Yin of a small patient. The classical link between tongue sores and burning urine. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.