Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Uihak Jeongjeon (醫學正傳)
Enliven the Soul Elixir
Hwalhon-dan
한글 활혼단 · Pinyin Huo Hun Dan
The transcription reads 白礬枯黃丹, with 枯 following 白礬 rather than preceding it; it is read as 白礬(枯), calcined alum, which is how the same drug is written 枯白礬 two leaves later at 027a, and 黃丹 is taken as a drug of its own. The transcription writes 䓗 for 葱 and 褁 for 裹; 䓗 is corrected and 褁 is kept, as the corpus does not normalize that pair.
Composition 構成
- Hyeolgal血竭 혈갈 · Dragon's Blood Resin4 g
Chief 君 - Gyeongbun輕粉 경분 · Calomel (toxic)2 g
Chief 君calomel — mercurous chloride, toxic
- Yuhyang乳香 유향 · Frankincense4 g
Deputy 臣 - Moryak沒藥 몰약 · Myrrh4 g
Deputy 臣 - Dongnok銅綠 동록 · Verdigris4 g
Assistant 佐verdigris — a copper salt, toxic
- Baekban白礬 백반 · Alum4 g
Assistant 佐calcined (枯)
- Hwangdan黃丹 황단 · Red Lead (toxic)4 g
Assistant 佐minium, a lead oxide, toxic
- Cheonsangap穿山甲 천산갑 · Pangolin Scale (prohibited)4 g
Assistant 佐roasted in ashes until scorched (煨焦); a CITES Appendix I animal and not to be obtained
- Seomsu蟾酥 섬수 · Toad Venom2 g
Assistant 佐toad venom — cardiotoxic
- Sahyang麝香 사향 · Musk (prohibited)1 g
Assistant 佐musk, 1 ja; a CITES-listed animal material
- Wau蝸牛 와우 · Snail—
Envoy 使snails ground to a paste to bind the pills
- Chongbaek蔥白 총백 · Scallion White—
Envoy 使scallion white, chewed around the pill
Total 33 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 plum-blossom and heavenly blister sores ulcerated open with the throat perforated and the nose collapsed, pus and blood running
- One mung-bean-sized pill, two in a severe case, chewed up wrapped in scallion white and washed down with hot wine on an empty stomach
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Extreme toxin with destruction of the throat and nose
- Pus and blood running from a sore that will not close
Biomedical correlates
- Tertiary syphilis with nasal and palatal destruction — historical treatment
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治楊梅ㆍ天疱瘡潰爛, 喉穿鼻崩, 膿血淋漓. 血竭ㆍ乳香ㆍ沒藥ㆍ銅綠ㆍ白礬(枯)ㆍ黃丹ㆍ穿山甲(煨焦) 各一錢, 輕粉ㆍ蟾酥 各五分, 麝香 一字. 右細末, 蝸牛硏如泥和丸菉豆大, 每一丸, 重者二丸, 細嚼葱白褁藥, 熱酒送下, 空心. 《正傳》
Translation
Treats plum-blossom and heavenly blister sores ulcerated open, with the throat perforated and the nose collapsed and pus and blood running down. Dragon's blood, frankincense, myrrh, verdigris, calcined alum, minium and pangolin scale (roasted in ashes until scorched), 1 don each; calomel and toad venom, 5 fun each; musk 1 ja. Grind fine, work snails to a paste and bind pills the size of mung beans. Take one pill, or two in a severe case, chewing it up wrapped in scallion white and washing it down with hot wine on an empty stomach. — Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Jechang)