Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Clove Powder

Gyeseolhyang-san

한글 계설향산 · Pinyin Ji She Xiang San

鷄舌香散

Composition 構成

Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

80 g
Chief 君

wine-fried (酒炒), 2 nyang
Jeonghyang Ding Xiang
丁香 정향 · Clove

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Chief 君

100 cloves
Yangang Gao Liang Jiang
良薑 양강 · Lesser Galangal

40 g
Deputy 臣
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

20 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸), 5 don
Mitang Mi Tang
米湯 미탕 · Rice Water

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Envoy 使

old rice water as the draught

Total 140 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats cold pain of the heart and abdomen

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cold pain of the heart and abdomen

Biomedical correlates

Epigastric pain from cold

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治心腹冷痛. 丁香百枚, 白芍藥(酒炒) 二兩, 良薑一兩, 甘草(灸) 五錢. 右爲末, 每取二錢, 陳米飮調下. 《得效》

Translation

Treats cold pain of the heart and abdomen. Cloves 100; white peony (wine-fried) 2 nyang; lesser galangal 1 nyang; licorice (mix-fried) 5 don. Powder them and take 2 don at a time stirred into old rice water. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Hyung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

鷄舌香 — cock's-tongue fragrance, the old name for the clove from its shape. Peony and licorice together are the tradition's pair for a cramping pain, and the galangal and clove warm what is cramping. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.