Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Jikji (直指)
Crimson Snow Powder
Gangseol-san
한글 강설산 · Pinyin Jiang Xue San
絳雪散
Composition 構成
- Hansuseok寒水石 한수석 · Glauberite20 g
Chief 君calcined (煆), 5 don
- Bungsa硼砂 붕사 · Borax4 g
Chief 君 - Mangcho芒硝 망초 · Mirabilite4 g
Deputy 臣馬牙硝
- Jusa朱砂 주사 · Cinnabar (toxic)4 g
Assistant 佐· toxic
- Yongnoe龍腦 용뇌 · Borneol2 g
Assistant 佐5 pun
Total 34 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
- Treats the throat hot
- painful
- swollen and blocked — dusted into the mouth and the juice swallowed
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Hot painful swelling of the throat
Biomedical correlates
- Acute pharyngitis — external use
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治咽喉熱痛腫塞. 寒水石(煆) 五錢, 硼砂ㆍ馬牙硝ㆍ朱砂 各一錢, 龍腦 半錢. 右爲細末, 每一字糝入口中嚥津. 《直指》
Translation
Treats the throat hot, painful, swollen and blocked. Glauberite (calcined) 5 don; borax, saltpetre crystal and cinnabar 1 don each; borneol 5 pun. Powder finely and dust 1 ja into the mouth, swallowing the juice. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Inhu)
Clinical commentary 臨床
**Contains cinnabar (mercuric sulfide), which is toxic. For external use only.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.