Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Danggye Simbeop (丹溪心法)
One Character Powder for Lockjaw
Ilja-san
한글 일자산 · Pinyin Yi Zi San
Registered with the chapter suffix to distinguish it from the 一字散 of the Immun for throat closure. 一字 — one character — is the quarter-don dose the name refers to; 金頭蜈蚣 is the red-headed centipede, held to be the most potent.
Composition 構成
- Ogong蜈蚣 오공 · Centipede (toxic)—
Chief 君one red-headed centipede
- Cheonma天麻 천마 · Gastrodia20 g
Deputy 臣 - Choo草烏 초오 · Wild Aconite20 g
Deputy 臣toxic
- Jeongal全蠍 전갈 · Scorpion (toxic)—
Deputy 臣ten · toxic
- Baekji白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica4 g
Assistant 佐
Total 44 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients 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
- Treats lockjaw in its urgent form
- Taken in clear tea where there is fever and in warm wine where there is chill
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Wind toxin with urgent convulsion
- Lockjaw in a critical state
Biomedical correlates
- Tetanus
- Opisthotonos
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治破傷風急者. 金頭蜈蚣 一條(灸)ㆍ天麻ㆍ草烏 各五錢, 全蝎 十箇, 白芷 一錢. 右爲末, 每一字, 發熱, 茶淸調下; 發寒, 溫酒調下. 《丹心》
Translation
Treats lockjaw in its urgent form. One red-headed centipede, roasted; gastrodia and aconite kusnezoffii, 5 don each; whole scorpion, ten; angelica dahurica, 1 don. Powder; one ja each time — where there is fever, taken stirred into clear tea, and where there is chill, stirred into warm wine. — Danggye Simbeop 丹心 (Donguibogam · Pung)