Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Danggye Simbeop (丹溪心法)

Bathing and Washing Medicine

Josoe-yak

한글 조세약 · Pinyin Zao Xi Yao

澡洗藥

Composition 構成

Wiryeongseon Wei Ling Xian
威靈仙 위령선 · Clematis

320 g
Chief 君

half a geun
Yeongneunghyang Ling Ling Xiang
零陵香 영릉향 · Loosestrife Herb

320 g
Deputy 臣

half a geun
Mohyang Mao Xiang
茅香 모향 · Sweet Grass

320 g
Deputy 臣

half a geun
Hayeop He Ye
荷葉 하엽 · Lotus Leaf

160 g
Assistant 佐

乾荷葉, 4 nyang
Gobon Gao Ben
藁本 고본 · Ligusticum Root

160 g
Assistant 佐

4 nyang
Gwakhyang Huo Xiang
藿香 곽향 · Korean Mint

160 g
Assistant 佐

4 nyang
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

160 g
Assistant 佐

4 nyang
Gamsong Gan Song
甘松 감송향 · Nardostachys

160 g
Envoy 使

4 nyang

Total 1760 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 wind dryness with itching of the body

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind dryness with generalized itch
Blood vacuity itch that moves like crawling insects

Biomedical correlates

Xerotic eczema
Generalized pruritus

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風燥身痒. 威靈仙ㆍ零陵香ㆍ茅香各半斤, 乾荷葉ㆍ藁本ㆍ藿香ㆍ白芷ㆍ甘松各四兩. 右剉, 四兩, 水三桶, 熬數沸, 於房內沐浴, 避風. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats wind dryness with itching of the body. Clematis, lysimachia and sweet-grass half a geun each; dried lotus leaf, ligusticum, agastache, angelica dahurica and nardostachys 4 nyang each. Cut them up; take 4 nyang, boil in three buckets of water to a rolling boil several times, and bathe in it indoors, keeping out of draughts. — Danggye Simbeop 丹心 (Donguibogam · Pi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A bath, not a draught, and the whole formula is aromatic — six of the eight are fragrance drugs. Danggye pairs it with large doses of Samul-tang taken internally for itching that moves like crawling insects, which is read as blood too thin to moisten the skin: nourish from within, soften from without. The instruction to bathe indoors and keep out of draughts is the operative caution, since an open pore is how the wind got in. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.