Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Danggye Simbeop (丹溪心法)

Chase the Pain Powder

Jintong-san

한글 진통산 · Pinyin Chen Tong San

趂痛散

痛風 — painful wind — is the Bogam's term for the condition of the 歷節風 section; 血汚, foul blood, is Danggye's term for static blood in the joints.

Composition 構成

Doin Tao Ren
桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel

8 g
Chief 君
Honghwa Hong Hua
紅花 홍화 · Safflower

8 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

8 g
Chief 君
Jiryong Di Long
地龍 지룡 · Earthworm

8 g
Deputy 臣
Oryeongji Wu Ling Zhi
五靈脂 오령지 · Flying Squirrel Feces

8 g
Deputy 臣
Useul Niu Xi
牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes

8 g
Deputy 臣

wine-steeped
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

8 g
Assistant 佐

wine-steeped
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

8 g
Assistant 佐

steeped in boy's urine
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

8 g
Envoy 使

raw
Yuhyang Ru Xiang
乳香 유향 · Frankincense

4 g
Envoy 使
Molyak Mo Yao
沒藥 몰약 · Myrrh

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 80 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats painful wind
which mostly belongs to blood vacuity and foul blood
Regulates and moves the blood

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood vacuity with static foul blood and joint pain
Blood stasis in the joints

Biomedical correlates

Gout
Acute arthritis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治痛風, 多屬血虛ㆍ血汚, 宜調血ㆍ行血. 桃仁ㆍ紅花ㆍ當歸ㆍ地龍ㆍ五靈脂ㆍ牛膝(酒浸)ㆍ羌活(酒浸)ㆍ香附子(童便浸)ㆍ甘草(生) 各二錢, 乳香ㆍ沒藥各一錢. 右爲末, 每二錢, 溫酒調下. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats painful wind, which mostly belongs to blood vacuity and foul blood; the blood should be regulated and moved. Peach kernel, safflower, tangkuei, earthworm, trogopterus dung, wine-steeped achyranthes, wine-steeped notopterygium, cyperus steeped in boy's urine and raw licorice, 2 don each; frankincense and myrrh, 1 don each. Powder; 2 don each time, taken stirred into warm wine. — Danggye Simbeop 丹心 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The opening formula of the 歷節風 section and the statement of Danggye's position on it: painful wind is mostly blood vacuity with foul blood, so regulate and move the blood. Peach kernel, safflower and tangkuei lead, and earthworm and trogopterus dung are the two creature drugs the tradition reaches for when a joint is hot and swollen. For acute gout or an inflamed single joint, moving the blood rather than dispelling wind is the more useful instinct, and it is the one the next ten formulas in the section largely follow. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.