Formulas · Stabilize & Astringe 固澀 · Bonsabang (本事方)
Costus Powder (Enduring Dysentery)
Mokhyang-san
한글 목향산 (구리) · Pinyin Mu Xiang San
The third of the chapter's three 木香散; the drugs are stir-fried in pairs before powdering, and the ginger is retained rather than discarded.
Composition 構成
- Mokhyang木香 목향 · Costus Root20 g
Chief 君stir-fried together with the coptis
- Hwangryeon黃連 황련 · Coptis20 g
Chief 君stir-fried together with the costus root
- Aengsokgak罌粟殼 앵속각 · Opium Poppy Capsule (controlled)20 g
Deputy 臣stir-fried together with the ginger · narcotic
- Saenggang生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger20 g
Deputy 臣stir-fried together with the poppy husk
- Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice40 g
Envoy 使roasted
- Sahyang麝香 사향 · Musk (prohibited)—
Envoy 使a little
Total 120 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.
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Actions 效能
- Treats an enduring dysentery and a blood dysentery
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Chronic dysentery with residual heat and bleeding
Biomedical correlates
- Chronic dysentery
- Chronic colitis
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治久痢及血痢. 甘草(灸) 一兩, 木香ㆍ黃連 各五錢(同炒), 鸎粟殼ㆍ生薑 各五錢(同炒). 右爲末, 入麝香少許, 空心, 米飮調下二錢. 《本事》
Translation
Treats an enduring dysentery and a blood dysentery. Roasted licorice, 1 nyang; costus root and coptis, 5 don each, stir-fried together; poppy husk and fresh ginger, 5 don each, stir-fried together. Powder, add a little musk, and take 2 don on an empty stomach stirred into rice water. — Bonsabang 本事 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)