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Kudzu Flower Powder

Galhwa-san

한글 갈화산  ·  Pinyin Ge Hua San

葛花散

Equal parts, baked dry and powdered; 2 don per dose stirred into plain boiled water. Also called Ssanghwa-san — the Paired Flowers Powder.

Composition 構成

Total 40 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

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • Ordinary drinking to be kept from drunkenness (飮酒令不醉)
  • Simple protective dosing
  • The minimal member of the flower series

Biomedical correlates

  • Historical alcohol-tolerance preparations
  • Simple pre-drinking dosing
  • Everyday protective use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

飮酒令不醉. 葛花ㆍ小豆花 各等分. 右焙乾爲末, 每二錢, 白湯點服. 一名雙花散. 《御院》

Translation

Keeps drinking from intoxicating. Kudzu flower and adzuki flower, in equal parts. Bake dry and powder; take 2 don each time stirred into plain boiled water. Also called Ssanghwa-san, the Paired Flowers Powder. — Eowon 御院 (Donguibogam · Naesang)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The whole flower doctrine distilled to a couplet — kudzu bloom and adzuki bloom, half and half, nothing else. The imperial dispensary's haiku on the subject; every larger formula in this section is this one, elaborated. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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