Formulas · Expel Worms 驅蟲 · Cheongeumbang (千金方)

Leek Seed Pill

Guja-hwan

한글 구자환 · Pinyin Jiu Zi Wan

韭子丸

Composition 構成

Guja Jiu Zi
韭子 구자 · Chinese Chive Seed

40 g
Chief 君

1 nyang
Jeongal Quan Xie
全蠍 전갈 · Scorpion (toxic)

40 g
Chief 君

1 nyang · toxic
Yuhyang Ru Xiang
乳香 유향 · Frankincense

10 g
Deputy 臣

2 don 5 pun
Unghwang Xiong Huang
雄黃 웅황 · Realgar

10 g
Deputy 臣

2 don 5 pun · toxic
Hwangrap Huang La
黃蠟 황랍 · Beeswax

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Envoy 使

melted, to form the pellets

Total 100 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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

Treats a worm-eaten toothache — burnt in a jar and the smoke led to the tooth

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Worm-eaten tooth with a cavity

Biomedical correlates

Dental caries — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治蟲牙痛. 韭子ㆍ全蝎各一兩, 乳香ㆍ雄黃各二錢半. 右爲末, 熔黃蠟和丸彈子大, 磁甁內燒一丸, 以紙盖口, 以筆管引烟熏牙孔, 其蟲盡出. 將藥甁安於水中, 其蟲撲在水中. 《千金》

Translation

Treats a worm-eaten toothache. Leek seed and scorpion 1 nyang each; frankincense and realgar 2 don 5 pun each. Powder them, melt beeswax and bind into pellets the size of a bullet; burn one in a porcelain jar, cover the mouth with paper and lead the smoke through a brush-tube to the cavity of the tooth, and the worms all come out. Set the jar in water, and the worms fall into the water.

Clinical commentary 臨床

The smoke is led through a brush-handle to the tooth and the jar then set in water, where something is expected to be seen. Scorched seed coats and wax droplets float in water and look like small pale grubs, which is very likely what generations of practitioners saw. **Contains scorpion and realgar, both toxic. For external use only.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.