Formulas · Stabilize & Astringe 固澀 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)
Calcined Alum Powder
Goban-san
한글 고반산 · Pinyin Ku Fan San
枯礬散
Composition 構成
Total 6 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Treats the five piles with itching and pain — applied after washing with the medicinal decoction
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Piles with itching and pain
Biomedical correlates
- Haemorrhoids — external use
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治五痔痒痛. 枯白礬 一錢, 片腦 五分. 右爲末, 先以藥湯洗後, 敷少許. 《得效》
Translation
Treats the five piles with itching and pain. Calcined alum 1 don; borneol 5 pun. Powder them; first wash with the medicinal decoction, then apply a little. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Hueum)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Two ingredients and the simplest dressing in the chapter — an astringent with something to numb it. The wash comes first, as everywhere here. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.