Chrysanthemum Powder

Gukhwa-san

한글 국화산 · Pinyin Ju Hua San

菊花散

Composition 構成

Gamguk Ju Hua
甘菊 감국 · Chrysanthemum

37.5 g
Chief 君
Manhyeongja Man Jing Zi
蔓荊子 만형자 · Vitex

37.5 g
Deputy 臣
Cheukbaekyeop Ce Bai Ye
側柏葉 측백엽 · Arborvitae Leaf

37.5 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

37.5 g
Deputy 臣
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

37.5 g
Assistant 佐
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

37.5 g
Assistant 佐
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

37.5 g
Assistant 佐
Hallyeoncho Han Lian Cao
旱蓮草 한련초 · Eclipta

37.5 g
Assistant 佐 root, stem, flower and leaf together
Jangsu Jiang Shui
漿水 장수 · Fermented Millet Water

600 g
Envoy 使 3 bowls decocted down to 2, as the wash

Total 900 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

Courses wind from the scalp
Moistens dry withered hair
Used as a wash rather than taken internally

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Yellowed dry beard and hair
Scalp dryness with brittle hair

Biomedical correlates

Dry brittle hair
Seborrheic scalp dryness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治鬚髮黃燥, 能令黑潤. 甘菊ㆍ蔓荊子ㆍ側柏葉ㆍ川芎ㆍ白芷ㆍ細辛ㆍ桑白皮ㆍ旱蓮根莖花葉各一兩. 右剉, 每二兩, 漿水三椀煎至二椀去滓, 洗鬚髮. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats yellowed and dry beard and hair, able to make them black and moist. Sweet chrysanthemum, vitex fruit, arborvitae leaf, cnidium, angelica dahurica, asarum, mulberry root bark, and eclipta (root, stem, flower and leaf) 1 nyang each. Cut the above; for each 2 nyang, decoct 3 bowls of fermented millet water down to 2, remove the dregs, and wash the beard and hair. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibegam · Mobal)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The one entry in this section that is straightforwardly usable — a herbal rinse with nothing toxic in it, closer to a modern scalp treatment than anything else in the chapter. Mulberry root bark and arborvitae leaf are the working pair for scalp conditions, and the fermented millet water base is mildly acidic, which is the same principle behind an acidic final rinse in contemporary hair care. Note the dosing instruction: the whole batch is 8 nyang, but only 2 nyang is decocted at a time, so one preparation makes four washes. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.