Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Chuanxiong and Rhinoceros Horn Pill

Gungseo-won

한글 궁서원  ·  Pinyin Xiong Xi Yuan

芎犀元

Composition 構成

Total 258 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • Migraine with heat

Biomedical correlates

  • Migraine

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治偏頭痛. 川芎ㆍ石膏 各一兩, 人參ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ細辛ㆍ甘草 各五錢, 麥門冬 七錢半, 阿膠珠 四錢, 梔子仁ㆍ龍腦ㆍ犀角 各二錢半, 朱砂 五錢半<span class='sochu'>半爲衣</span>. 右爲末, 煉蜜和丸芡實大, 朱砂爲衣, 每服一丸至二丸, 細嚼, 茶淸溫酒任下. 《得效》

Translation

Treats one-sided headache. Chuanxiong and gypsum 1 nyang each; ginseng, red poria, asarum and licorice 5 don each; ophiopogon 7 don 5 pun; ass-hide glue pearls 4 don; gardenia kernel, borneol and rhinoceros horn 2 don 5 pun each; cinnabar 5 don 5 pun, half of it for the coating. Powder them, bind with refined honey into pills the size of a fox-nut and coat with cinnabar; take one or two pills, chewed fine, washed down with clear tea or warm wine. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Du)

Clinical commentary 臨床

**Contains cinnabar, which is toxic; rhinoceros horn is CITES Appendix I and banned.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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