Black Scrophularia Pill

Heukcham-hwan

한글 흑삼환 · Pinyin Hei Shen Wan

黑參丸

Composition 構成

Hyeonsam Xuan Shen
玄參 현삼 · Scrophularia

40 g
Chief 君

equal parts
Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

40 g
Chief 君

equal parts
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

40 g
Chief 君

equal parts
Bongmil Feng Mi
蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey

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Envoy 使

for binding, bullet-sized

Total 120 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

Treats sores on mouth and tongue that have gone years without healing

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Yin vacuity — mouth sores of long standing

Biomedical correlates

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治口舌生瘡連年不愈. 玄參ㆍ天門冬ㆍ麥門冬右等分爲末, 蜜丸彈子大, 每夜化一丸. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats sores on mouth and tongue that have gone years without healing. Scrophularia, asparagus and ophiopogon in equal parts, powdered and made into honey pills the size of a bullet; melt one in the mouth each night. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Guseol)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Three moistening medicinals and nothing else, for the ulcer that keeps coming back. 3.13's note that a mouth sore of long standing is vacuity rather than fire is the distinction this rests on, and recurrent aphthous ulceration is exactly the complaint. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.