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Kansui Powder for the Ear

Gamsu-san

한글 감수산 (이) · Pinyin Gan Sui San

甘遂散

Composition 構成

Gamsu Gan Sui
甘遂 감수 · Kansui (toxic)

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Chief 君

powdered, bound with scallion juice, wrapped in cotton, put in the ear · toxic
Chongbaek Cong Bai
蔥白 총백 · Scallion White

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Deputy 臣

the juice, to bind
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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Envoy 使

a decoction held in the mouth

Total 0 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats deafness — the medicine in the ear and its antagonist in the mouth

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Deafness with the orifice blocked

Biomedical correlates

Hearing loss — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治耳聾. 甘遂末, 葱汁和丸, 綿裹塞耳中, 口含甘草湯. 兩藥須各兩處修製, 妙. 《入門》

Translation

Treats deafness. Powdered kansui bound with scallion juice, wrapped in cotton wool and packed into the ear, with a decoction of licorice held in the mouth. The two medicines must be prepared in separate places — excellent. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · I)

Clinical commentary 臨床

兩藥須各兩處修製 — the two must be prepared in different places. Kansui and licorice are one of the eighteen classical antagonisms, and the tradition puts them at opposite ends of the same patient on purpose: the pull between them is held to open what lies between. **Kansui is toxic. For external use only.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.