Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Sejong Jeungbo Deukhyobang (世宗增補得效方)

Jade Humour Powder

Ogaek-san

한글 옥액산 · Pinyin Yu Ye San

玉液散

Composition 構成

Gwarugeun Gua Lou Gen
瓜蔞根 과루근 · Trichosanthes Root

40 g
Chief 君
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

40 g
Chief 君
Paemo Bei Mu
貝母 패모 · Fritillaria

40 g
Deputy 臣

dry-fried
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

20 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

20 g
Envoy 使
Hwangnap Huang La
黃蠟 황랍 · Beeswax

8 g
Envoy 使

melted first, with the powder stirred into it
Gaengmi Jing Mi
粳米 갱미 · Non-glutinous Rice

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Envoy 使

as rice water, the vehicle

Total 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 panting cough with a dry mouth and vexing thirst

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Lung heat with fluid damage, thirst and panting

Biomedical correlates

Wheeze with dehydration — historical treatment

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治喘嗽ㆍ口乾煩渴. 瓜蔞根ㆍ知母ㆍ貝母(炒) 各一兩, 人參ㆍ甘草各五錢. 右爲末, 每二錢, 先熔黃蠟二錢, 入米飮同調服之. 《得效》

Translation

Treats panting cough with a dry mouth and vexing thirst. Trichosanthes root, anemarrhena and dry-fried fritillaria, 1 nyang each; ginseng and licorice, 5 don each. Grind to a powder; 2 don each time, with 2 don of beeswax melted first and the powder stirred into it in rice water, and so taken. — Sejong Jeungbo Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Trichosanthes root and anemarrhena are the two drugs the Bogam uses for thirst with heat, and with fritillaria they make a formula for a cough that has dried the patient out. The beeswax is the interesting part: melted and stirred into rice water, it carries the powder as a bland emulsion, which is both a way of making a bitter powder swallowable and a demulcent in its own right for a raw throat. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.