Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Coptis Sagely Unblocking Powder

Hwangryeontongseong-san

한글 황련통성산 · Pinyin Huang Lian Tong Sheng San

黃連通聖散

The base text gives only the two added medicinals; the parent formula Bangpungtongseong-san is in the Wind chapter.

Composition 構成

Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

4 g
Chief 君

wine-fried (酒炒), added to the base formula
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

4 g
Deputy 臣

the leaf, added to the base formula

Total 8 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

Treats the nasal deep-source pattern

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Nasal deep-source — turbid discharge running down without stop

Biomedical correlates

Chronic sinusitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治鼻淵證. 卽風門防風通聖散加酒炒黃連ㆍ薄荷葉, 煎服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats the nasal deep-source pattern. That is, Saposhnikovia Sagely Unblocking Powder from the Wind chapter with wine-fried coptis and mint leaf added, decocted and taken. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Bi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Two additions to a formula of eighteen. Coptis fried in wine goes upward to the head, which is the whole reason for the modification — the parent formula already clears heat, but not high enough. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.