Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Uihak Gangmok (醫學綱目)

Winter Tea Beverage

Napcha-eum

한글 납차음 · Pinyin La Cha Yin

臘茶飮

Composition 構成

Sechacha Xi Ya Cha
細芽茶 세아차 · Fine Tea Buds

4 g
Chief 君

芽茶, 1 don
Buja Fu Zi
附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite

4 g
Chief 君

1 don · toxic
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

2 g
Deputy 臣

half a don
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2 g
Deputy 臣

half a don
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

2 g
Deputy 臣

half a don
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

2 g
Deputy 臣

half a don
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

2 g
Deputy 臣

half a don
Yeom Yan
鹽 염 · Salt

—
Envoy 使

a pinch

Total 22 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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 a red-vessel screen coming down from above
which belongs to the greater yang and should be warmed and dispersed

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Red-vessel screen descending from above
Greater yang wind cold in the eye

Biomedical correlates

Corneal neovascularization from above
Superior limbic keratitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治赤脉瞖從上而下, 此屬太陽, 宜溫散之. 芽茶ㆍ附子ㆍ白芷各一錢, 細辛ㆍ川芎ㆍ防風ㆍ羌活ㆍ荊芥各半錢. 右剉作一貼, 入鹽一撮, 水煎服. 《綱目》

Translation

Treats a red-vessel screen coming down from above; this belongs to the greater yang and should be warmed and dispersed. Tea buds, aconite accessory root and angelica dahurica 1 don each; asarum, chuanxiong, saposhnikovia, notopterygium and schizonepeta half a don each. Cut up as one packet, add a pinch of salt, and decoct in water. — Uihak Gangmok 綱目 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The chapter's one warming formula for a red eye, and the reason is directional: vessels creeping down from above enter by the greater yang, so the Gangmok treats them with aconite and wind drugs rather than with anything cold. Which direction the vessels run decides the channel and so the formula — the clearest instance in the chapter of reading an eye by its geometry. **Contains aconite accessory root, which is toxic. This must not be prepared.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.