Navel Poultice Method

Eomje-beop

한글 엄제법 · Pinyin Yan Qi Fa

罨臍法

A topical method rather than a formula; the Bogam also gives a 罨臍法 as a section of its own later in this chapter, for stool that will not pass.

Composition 構成

Jeolla Tian Luo
田螺 전라 · Rice-field Snail

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Chief 君

two snails
Sahyang She Xiang
麝香 사향 · Musk (prohibited)

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Deputy 臣

a little

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Actions 效能

Draws the heat and makes it travel downward

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Heat surging upward in the clenched-mouth dysentery

Biomedical correlates

Dysentery with intractable vomiting

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

引熱令下行. 田螺二箇, 入麝香少許, 擣爛, 罨臍中, 以帛包定. 《丹心》

Translation

Draws the heat and makes it travel downward. Two rice-field snails with a little musk put in, pounded to a pulp, laid on the navel and bound in place with a cloth. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

External treatment for a patient who cannot swallow, which is the clinical logic that makes the navel poultices in this chapter worth attention: when nothing can be given by mouth, something must be done at the surface. Crushed snail flesh is cooling, moist and will stay in place under a cloth; musk is the tradition's penetrant, added to carry the action inward. The preceding formula directs the physician to use both together. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.