Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Danggye Simbeop (丹溪心法)

Pull Straight Powder

Gyeonjeong-san

한글 견정산 · Pinyin Qian Zheng San

牽正散

並生用 — all three used raw, without the usual blast-frying or stir-frying — is specified; the equal-part weights are given here as 2 don each, the whole of one dose.

Composition 構成

Baekbuja Bai Fu Zi
白附子 백부자 · Typhonium Rhizome

8 g
Chief 君

raw
Baekgangjam Bai Jiang Can
白殭蠶 백강잠 · Silkworm

8 g
Deputy 臣

raw
Jeongal Quan Xie
全蠍 전갈 · Scorpion (toxic)

8 g
Deputy 臣

raw · toxic

Total 24 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

Treats wind stroke with facial deviation
Extinguishes wind and frees the facial channels

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind phlegm in the facial channels with deviation
Wind striking the channels of the face

Biomedical correlates

Bell's palsy
Facial nerve palsy

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治中風喎斜. 白附子ㆍ白殭蚕ㆍ全蝎(並生用) 各等分. 右爲末, 每二錢, 熱酒調下. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats wind stroke with deviation. Typhonium, silkworm and whole scorpion, all used raw, equal parts. Powder; 2 don each time, taken stirred into hot wine. — Danggye Simbeop 丹心 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Three drugs, all raw, in hot wine, and it is the most famous formula for facial palsy in the entire literature — still the first thing taught for the condition and still in use. Its economy is the point: typhonium to reach the head, silkworm to settle wind in the channels, scorpion to extinguish wind and free what is bound, and alcohol to carry all three to the surface. The raw preparation is deliberate and makes it stronger and more toxic; scorpion is neurotoxic and typhonium irritant, and 2 don of this powder is not a casual dose. Of everything in the 口眼喎斜 section this is the one with real standing. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.