Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Dongwon (東垣)

Scorpion Tail Powder

Heolcho-san

한글 헐초산  ·  Pinyin Xie Shao San

蝎梢散

Composition 構成

Total 30.4 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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

  • Great cold in the head — toothache

Biomedical correlates

  • Toothache with headache — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治大寒犯腦牙痛. 羊脛骨灰 二錢半, 麻黃 一錢半, 草豆蔲皮 一錢, 羌活 五分, 桂枝ㆍ升麻ㆍ防風ㆍ藁本ㆍ黃芪 各三分, 白芷ㆍ當歸身ㆍ柴胡 各二分, 全蝎梢少許. 右爲末, 擦牙上. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats great cold offending the brain with toothache. Sheep's shin-bone ash 2 don 5 pun; ephedra 1 don 5 pun; round cardamom husk 1 don; notopterygium 5 pun; cinnamon twig, cimicifuga, saposhnikovia, ligusticum and astragalus 3 pun each; angelica dahurica, angelica body and bupleurum 2 pun each; a little scorpion tail. Powder them and rub on the teeth. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Ahchi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

**Contains scorpion, which is toxic. For external use only.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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