Deer Antler Powder

Nokgak-san

한글 녹각산 · Pinyin Lu Jiao San

鹿角散

Composition 構成

Nokgak Lu Jiao
鹿角 녹각 · Deer Antler (ossified)

40 g
Chief 君

鹿角屑, the filings
Nokyong Lu Rong
鹿茸 녹용 · Deer Velvet Antler

40 g
Chief 君

butter-roasted (酥灸)
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

30 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

20 g
Deputy 臣
Boksin Fu Shen
茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood

20 g
Deputy 臣

白茯神
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

20 g
Deputy 臣
Bogolji Bu Gu Zhi
補骨脂 보골지 · Psoralea

20 g
Deputy 臣
Sangpyocho Sang Piao Xiao
桑螵蛸 상표초 · Mantis Egg Case

20 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

20 g
Assistant 佐
Yonggol Long Gu
龍骨 용골 · Dragon Bone

20 g
Assistant 佐
Guja Jiu Zi
韭子 구자 · Chinese Chive Seed

20 g
Assistant 佐

wine-steeped a night and dry-roasted
Baekjain Bai Zi Ren
柏子仁 백자인 · Arborvitae Seed

10 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

10 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

10 g
Envoy 使
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

8 g
Envoy 使
Gaengmi Jing Mi
粳米 갱미 · Non-glutinous Rice

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Envoy 使

a hundred grains of non-glutinous rice

Total 308 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 dream discharge from long vacuity

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Long vacuity with discharge in dreams

Biomedical correlates

Nocturnal emission in chronic debility

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治久虛夢泄. 鹿角屑ㆍ鹿茸(酥灸) 各一兩, 白茯苓七錢半, 人參ㆍ白茯神ㆍ桑螵蛸ㆍ川芎ㆍ當歸ㆍ破故紙ㆍ龍骨ㆍ韭子(酒浸一宿焙) 各五錢, 柏子仁ㆍ甘草各二錢半. 右爲末, 每五錢, 薑五片, 棗二枚, 粳米百粒同煎, 空心服. 《直指》

Translation

Treats long vacuity with discharge in dreams. Deer antler filings and deer velvet (butter-roasted) 1 nyang each; white poria 7 don 5 pun; ginseng, poria with pine root, mantis egg case, chuanxiong, angelica, psoralea, dragon bone and leek seed (wine-steeped a night and dry-roasted) 5 don each; arborvitae seed and licorice 2 don 5 pun each. Powder them, and take 5 don at a time decocted with 5 slices of ginger, 2 jujubes and a hundred grains of rice, on an empty stomach. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Jeong)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Antler and velvet together — the ossified and the growing horn — and the chapter's heaviest kidney supplement for the patient whose emission is from having nothing left. 久虛, long vacuity, is the qualification, and the hundred grains of rice in the decoction say the patient is to be fed as well as dosed. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.