Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)
Control the Drool Pill
Gongyeon-hwan
한글 공연환 · Pinyin Kong Xian Wan
First-edition collation: the first edition reads 竺 where this text has 笁 before 鐵粉. What 竺鐵粉 names is not certain — 竺 may stand for 天竺黃, in which case two medicinals have been run together — and the ingredient is entered here as iron powder alone.
Composition 構成
- Baekgangjam白殭蠶 백강잠 · Silkworm20 g
Chief 君steeped overnight in ginger juice
- Cheono川烏 천오 · Aconite Main Root20 g
Deputy 臣raw
- Banha半夏 반하 · Pinellia20 g
Deputy 臣 - Cheolbun鐵粉 철분 · Iron Powder12 g
Assistant 佐 - Gamsu甘遂 감수 · Kansui (toxic)10 g
Assistant 佐 - Jeongal全蠍 전갈 · Scorpion (toxic)—
Assistant 佐seven whole
- Jusa朱砂 주사 · Cinnabar (toxic)—
Assistant 佐as coating
Total 82 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 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
- Drives out stubborn drool
- Extinguishes wind and stops spasm
- Breaks up phlegm that has gathered and scattered
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Long-standing epilepsy with stubborn drool
- Fits with copious saliva
- Epilepsy that has bred other signs over years
Biomedical correlates
- Refractory epilepsy
- Sialorrhoea with seizures
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治諸癎久不愈, 頑涎散聚, 變生諸證. 白殭蠶(薑汁浸一宿)ㆍ川烏(生)ㆍ半夏 各五錢, 全蝎 七枚, 竺鐵粉 三錢, 甘遂 二錢半. 右爲末, 薑汁糊和丸菉豆大, 朱砂爲衣, 薑湯下十五丸. 《入門》
Translation
Treats any epilepsy long unhealed, with stubborn drool gathering and scattering and breeding other signs. Silkworm (steeped overnight in ginger juice), aconite (raw) and pinellia, 5 don each; seven whole scorpions; iron powder, 3 don; kansui, 2 don 5 fun. Powder them, make pills the size of a mung bean with ginger-juice paste, coat with cinnabar, and take fifteen with ginger decoction. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Sin)