Indigo Leaf Powder

Namyeop-san

한글 남엽산 · Pinyin Lan Ye San

藍葉散

The Bogam writes the chief medicinal 藍葉, the leaf; it is registered here under the indigo entry.

Composition 構成

Namyeop Lan Ye
藍葉 남엽 · Indigo Plant Leaf

4 g
Chief 君

1 don
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

4 g
Chief 君

1 don
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

4 g
Deputy 臣

乾葛, 1 don
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 don
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 don
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 don
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

2 g
Assistant 佐

5 pun
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

1 don

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 cinnabar toxin

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cinnabar toxin with the skin suddenly turning red
Heat in the blood breaking out at the surface

Biomedical correlates

Erysipelas
Cellulitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治丹毒. 藍葉ㆍ乾葛ㆍ升麻ㆍ生地黃ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ川芎ㆍ杏仁ㆍ知母ㆍ柴胡ㆍ白芷ㆍ甘草(生) 各一錢, 石膏ㆍ梔子各五分. 右剉作一貼, 水煎服. 《直指》

Translation

Treats cinnabar toxin. Indigo leaf, pueraria, cimicifuga, raw rehmannia, red peony, chuanxiong, apricot kernel, anemarrhena, bupleurum, angelica dahurica and raw licorice 1 don each; gypsum and gardenia 5 pun each. Cut up as one packet and decoct in water. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Pi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Thirteen medicinals in near-equal weight, cooling the blood and venting the surface at once — indigo leaf and rehmannia below, pueraria and cimicifuga above. The Jikji holds cinnabar toxin to be malign hot blood stored at the life gate and set off when the sovereign and ministerial fires rise together, and the chapter's own rule on it is prognostic: a cinnabar toxin that starts at the limbs and moves into the abdomen kills. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.