Coptis Powder

Hwangryeon-san

한글 황련산 · Pinyin Huang Lian San

黃連散

Composition 構成

Daehwang Da Huang
大黃 대황 · Rhubarb

40 g
Chief 君

vinegar-fried (醋炒)
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

40 g
Deputy 臣
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

40 g
Deputy 臣
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

40 g
Envoy 使

Total 160 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

Purges heat pent up in jaundice
Frees both passages

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Jaundice with heat pent up and both stool and urine bound and rough

Biomedical correlates

Obstructive jaundice with constipation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治黃疸, 壅熱, 二便秘澁. 大黃(醋炒) 一兩, 黃芩ㆍ黃連ㆍ甘草各一兩. 右爲細末, 溫水調下二錢, 日三服. 先用瓜蔕散, 搐鼻, 取下黃水, 却服此藥. 外以生薑ㆍ茵蔯同搗爛, 遍身擦之. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats jaundice with heat pent up and both passages bound and rough. Rhubarb (vinegar-fried), scutellaria, coptis and licorice 1 nyang each. Grind to a fine powder and take 2 don stirred into warm water, three times a day. First use Melon Stalk Powder blown into the nose to bring down the yellow water, and afterwards take this medicine. Externally, pound fresh ginger and virgate wormwood together to a pulp and rub it over the whole body. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Hwangdal)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A three-part regimen rather than a single prescription: powder blown into the nose first, this decoction after, and a ginger-and-wormwood rub over the whole body. The nasal insufflation has its own section at 5.9, where the yellow water drawn from the nose is taken as the sign of effect. The composition is Samhwang-tang — the three yellows — with licorice. Rhubarb vinegar-fried is softened, which suits a jaundice being treated over days rather than purged at once. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.