Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Cinnamon and Aromatics Powder for the Ear

Gyehyang-san

한글 계향산 (이)  ·  Pinyin Gui Xiang San

桂香散

Not the Deukhyo formula for spleen cold registered as gyehyang-san; the two share a name only.

Composition 構成

Total 42 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

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • Wind vacuity deafness

Biomedical correlates

  • Hearing loss after a cold

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風虛耳聾. 南星(炮)ㆍ白芷 各一錢, 辛桂ㆍ川芎ㆍ當歸ㆍ細辛ㆍ菖蒲ㆍ木香ㆍ木通ㆍ白蒺藜ㆍ麻黃ㆍ甘草 各七分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入紫蘇 七葉, 薑 三片, 葱白 二莖, 水煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats wind vacuity deafness. Arisaema (blast-fried) and angelica dahurica 1 don each; cinnamon, chuanxiong, angelica, asarum, acorus, costus, akebia, caltrop, ephedra and licorice 7 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 7 perilla leaves, 3 slices of ginger and 2 stalks of scallion white, decoct in water and take. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · I)

Clinical commentary 臨床

風聾 — wind deafness, which 4.5.7 says comes with itching in the ear or a headache. Ephedra and scallion open the surface, acorus and akebia the orifice. **Contains arisaema, which is toxic.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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