Open the Laugh Powder

Gaeso-san

한글 개소산 · Pinyin Kai Xiao San

開笑散

Composition 構成

Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

8 g
Chief 君

equal parts
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

8 g
Chief 君

equal parts
Yangang Gao Liang Jiang
良薑 양강 · Lesser Galangal

8 g
Deputy 臣

equal parts
Pilbal Bi Ba
蓽撥 필발 · Long Pepper

8 g
Deputy 臣

equal parts
Cheoncho Chuan Jiao
川椒 천초 · Sichuan Pepper

8 g
Deputy 臣

equal parts
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

8 g
Deputy 臣

equal parts
Nobongbang Lu Feng Fang
露蜂房 노봉방 · Hornet's Nest

8 g
Assistant 佐

equal parts

Total 56 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats wind cold toothache — rinsed with or rubbed on

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind cold toothache

Biomedical correlates

Toothache from cold — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風冷齒痛. 白芷ㆍ細辛ㆍ良薑ㆍ蓽撥ㆍ川椒ㆍ香附子ㆍ露蜂房各等分. 右爲末, 每三錢, 水煎含漱或擦之. 《直指》

Translation

Treats wind cold toothache. Angelica dahurica, asarum, lesser galangal, long pepper, Sichuan pepper, cyperus and hornet's nest in equal parts. Powder them and take 3 don at a time decocted in water, held in the mouth and rinsed with, or rubbed on.

Clinical commentary 臨床

Paired with Onpung-san at 4.9 — one swallowed, this one rinsed with. Hornet's nest appears in four of the chapter's tooth preparations and almost nowhere else in the book. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.