Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Scutellaria and Coptis Toxin-Resolving Beverage

Geumnyeonsodok-eum

한글 금련소독음 · Pinyin Qin Lian Xiao Du Yin

芩連消毒飮

Composition 構成

Hwangnyeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

2.8 g
Chief 君
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2.8 g
Chief 君
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Yeongyo Lian Qiao
連翹 연교 · Forsythia

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Sagan She Gan
射干 사간 · Blackberry Lily

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Ubangja Niu Bang Zi
牛蒡子 우방자 · Burdock Seed

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Deputy 臣

a pinch, added for a second decoction
Jungnyeok Zhu Li
竹瀝 죽력 · Bamboo Sap

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Deputy 臣

stirred in at the end
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

2.8 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2.8 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

three slices in the decoction, and the juice stirred in at the end

Total 36.4 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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

Clears heat and resolves toxin in epidemic swelling of the head
Disperses wind at the surface while draining fire in the throat
Frees the throat with bamboo sap and ginger juice stirred in at the end

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Epidemic swelling of the head (天行大頭病)
Throat swollen and painful

Biomedical correlates

Epidemic illness with head and face swelling and a sore swollen throat
Febrile pharyngitis or tonsillitis with facial swelling

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治天行大頭病, 咽喉腫痛. 黃連ㆍ黃芩ㆍ柴胡ㆍ桔梗ㆍ川芎ㆍ荊芥ㆍ防風ㆍ羌活ㆍ枳殼ㆍ連翹ㆍ射干ㆍ白芷ㆍ甘草各七分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 水煎, 又入牛蒡子一撮, 再煎, 入竹瀝ㆍ薑汁, 調服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats epidemic big-head disease that goes about with the season, with the throat swollen and painful. Coptis, scutellaria, bupleurum, platycodon, chuanxiong, schizonepeta, saposhnikovia, angelica pubescens of the qianghuo kind, unripe bitter orange, forsythia, belamcanda, angelica dahurica and licorice, 7 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, put in three slices of ginger and decoct in water; then put in a pinch of arctium seed and decoct again, stir in bamboo sap and ginger juice, and take. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · On)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Thirteen drugs all at 7 fun, which is the Immun’s way of saying that no single one is to lead. Coptis and scutellaria drain the fire, forsythia and belamcanda work on the throat, and schizonepeta, saposhnikovia, qianghuo, chuanxiong and angelica dahurica make up an unusually large wind-dispersing contingent for a prescription in this chapter — the leaf is reading the swelling as heat held in by wind at the surface rather than as heat alone. The method is the interesting part. Arctium seed goes in only for a second boil, so its action is not cooked away, and bamboo sap and ginger juice are stirred in off the heat. Both of those are liquids meant to sit on a swollen throat, and belamcanda is the tradition’s specific for a throat that will not pass. **A throat swollen enough to obstruct is an airway emergency.** Ginger juice and bamboo sap are the parts of this leaf that still make sense as comfort measures. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.