Formulas · Stabilize & Astringe 固澀 · Dansim (丹心)

Shaman's Cloud Powder

Muun-san

한글 무운산 · Pinyin Wu Yun San

巫雲散

Composition 構成

Damban Dan Fan
膽礬 담반 · Chalcanthite (toxic)

37.5 g
Chief 君 TOXIC — copper sulfate; see note
Obaeja Wu Bei Zi
五倍子 오배자 · Chinese Gall

37.5 g
Chief 君
Baekyakjeon Bai Yao Jian
百藥煎 백약전 · Fermented Gallnut

37.5 g
Deputy 臣
Cheonghodopi Qing Hu Tao Pi
靑胡桃皮 청호도피 · Green Walnut Husk

37.5 g
Deputy 臣
Sanseongnyupi Suan Shi Liu Pi
酸石榴皮 산석류피 · Sour Pomegranate Rind

37.5 g
Deputy 臣
Gaja He Zi
訶子 가자 · Chebula

37.5 g
Assistant 佐訶子皮, rind only
Mogwa Mu Gua
木瓜 모과 · Chinese Quince

37.5 g
Assistant 佐木瓜皮, rind only
Jogak Zao Jiao
皂角 조각 · Gleditsia Pod

37.5 g
Assistant 佐猪牙皂角
Hasuo He Shou Wu
何首烏 하수오 · Fleeceflower Root

37.5 g
Assistant 佐
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

37.5 g
Envoy 使

Total 375 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

Darkens yellowed and whitening hair
Astringes and fixes colour at the shaft
Applied warm as a paste

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Beard and hair yellow or white and lustreless

Biomedical correlates

Hair greying
Hair dullness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治鬚髮黃白不澤. 膽礬ㆍ五倍子ㆍ百藥煎ㆍ靑胡桃皮ㆍ酸石榴皮ㆍ訶子皮ㆍ木瓜皮ㆍ猪牙皂角ㆍ何首烏ㆍ細辛各等分. 右爲末, 蜜和如錢大, 常於木炭內培養, 勿令離炭. 用時, 以熱酒化開, 塗之. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats beard and hair yellow or white and without lustre. Chalcanthite, Chinese gall, fermented gall preparation, green walnut husk, sour pomegranate rind, chebula rind, Chinese quince rind, gleditsia pod, fleeceflower root, and asarum in equal parts. Powder the above and mix with honey into cakes the size of a coin; keep them banked in charcoal at all times and do not let them leave the charcoal. When using, dissolve in hot wine and apply. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Mobal)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Chemically this is a real dye rather than a tonic, and it is worth understanding as one. Six of the ten ingredients are tannin sources — Chinese gall, fermented gall, walnut husk, pomegranate rind, chebula, quince rind — and chalcanthite is copper sulfate, the mordant that fixes tannin as a dark complex on the hair shaft. The same chemistry underlies traditional iron-and-gall inks. Copper sulfate is toxic on absorption and should not be applied to skin; the preparation is recorded as documented. The instruction to keep the cakes banked in charcoal is a drying and oxidation control, and the text is emphatic that they must never leave it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.