The Jade Key

Okyaksi

한글 옥약시 · Pinyin Yu Yue Shi

玉鑰匙

Composition 構成

Yeomcho Yan Xiao
焰硝 염초 · Saltpetre

30 g
Chief 君

7 don 5 pun
Bungsa Peng Sha
硼砂 붕사 · Borax

10 g
Chief 君

2 don 5 pun
Baekgangjam Bai Jiang Can
白殭蠶 백강잠 · Silkworm

5 g
Deputy 臣

1 don 2 pun 5 ri
Yongnoe Long Nao
龍腦 용뇌 · Borneol

1 g
Assistant 佐

1 ja

Total 46 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 sudden throat closure and wrapping throat wind — blown in through a bamboo tube

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Acute throat closure

Biomedical correlates

Acute tonsillitis — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治急喉閉及纏喉風. 焰硝七錢半, 硼砂二錢半, 白殭蠶一錢二分半, 龍腦一字. 右爲末, 以竹管吹半錢入喉中, 神效. 《直指》

Translation

Treats sudden throat closure and wrapping throat wind. Saltpetre 7 don 5 pun; borax 2 don 5 pun; silkworm 1 don 2 pun 5 ri; borneol 1 ja. Powder them and blow 5 pun into the throat through a bamboo tube — divinely effective. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Inhu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

玉鑰匙 — the jade key, for a throat that has locked. The name is the indication, and the formula is still prescribed for a sore throat under it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.