Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Settle the Pain Powder

Jeongtong-san

한글 정통산 · Pinyin Ding Tong San

定痛散

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Chief 君
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

4 g
Chief 君
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Yeongyo Lian Qiao
連翹 연교 · Forsythia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gosam Ku Shen
苦參 고삼 · Sophora Root

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheoncho Chuan Jiao
川椒 천초 · Sichuan Pepper

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

4 g
Assistant 佐
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 48 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 severe pain of a worm-eaten tooth
rinsed with at night and then swallowed

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Worm-eaten tooth with severe pain

Biomedical correlates

Dental caries with pulpitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治蟲牙痛甚. 當歸ㆍ生地黃ㆍ細辛ㆍ乾薑ㆍ白芷ㆍ連翹ㆍ苦參ㆍ黃連ㆍ川椒ㆍ桔梗ㆍ烏梅ㆍ甘草各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎, 夜漱後嚥下. 《回春》

Translation

Treats severe pain of a worm-eaten tooth. Angelica, fresh rehmannia, asarum, dried ginger, angelica dahurica, forsythia, flavescent sophora, coptis, Sichuan pepper, platycodon, mume and licorice 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water, rinse the mouth with it at night and then swallow. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Ahchi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Rinsed first and swallowed after, so the medicine reaches the tooth outside and the channel inside. Sichuan pepper and asarum are the two the tradition uses to numb a tooth, and both are locally anaesthetic. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.