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Dongwon's Burdock Seed Decoction

Dongwon Seojeomja-tang

한글 동원서점자탕  ·  Pinyin Dong Yuan Shu Nian Zi Tang

東垣鼠粘子湯

Composition 構成

Total 32 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • Heat toxin with stasis — a painful sore in the ear

Biomedical correlates

  • Otitis externa with ulceration

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治耳內痛生瘡. 桔梗 一錢半, 黃芪ㆍ柴胡 各七分, 鼠粘子ㆍ連翹ㆍ生乾地黃(酒炒)ㆍ當歸尾ㆍ黃芩ㆍ生甘草ㆍ灸甘草 各五分, 昆布ㆍ蘇木ㆍ黃連ㆍ蒲黃ㆍ草龍膽 各三分, 桃仁 三箇, 紅花 一分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎, 食後服. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats pain within the ear with sores arising. Platycodon 1 don 5 pun; astragalus and bupleurum 7 pun each; burdock seed, forsythia, dried fresh rehmannia (wine-fried), angelica tails, scutellaria, raw licorice and mix-fried licorice 5 pun each; kelp, sappan, coptis, cattail pollen and gentian 3 pun each; peach kernel 3; safflower 1 pun. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take after food. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · I)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Licorice in both forms at once, raw to cool and mix-fried to supplement — Dongwon's signature, and the small blood-movers at three pun are for a sore that has stopped healing. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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