Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Jade Countenance Powder

Ongyong-san

한글 옥용산 · Pinyin Yu Rong San

玉容散

Composition 構成

Jogak Zao Jiao
皂角 조각 · Gleditsia Pod

640 g
Chief 君

1 geun
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

106 g
Deputy 臣

2 nyang 6 don 5 pun
Jeosilja Chu Shi Zi
楮實子 저실자 · Paper Mulberry Fruit

66 g
Deputy 臣

1 nyang 6 don 5 pun
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

13 g
Deputy 臣

3 don 3 pun 5 ri
Baekgeup Bai Ji
白及 백급 · Bletilla

13 g
Deputy 臣

白芨, 3 don 3 pun 5 ri
Cheonhwabun Tian Hua Fen
天花粉 천화분 · Trichosanthes Root

13 g
Deputy 臣

3 don 3 pun 5 ri
Nokdu Lu Dou
菉豆 녹두 · Mung Bean

13 g
Deputy 臣

菉豆粉, 3 don 3 pun 5 ri
Jangnoe Zhang Nao
樟腦 장뇌 · Camphor

8 g
Assistant 佐

2 don, in one version
Gamsong Gan Song
甘松 감송향 · Nardostachys

6.6 g
Assistant 佐

1 don 6 pun 5 ri
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

6.6 g
Assistant 佐

縮砂, 1 don 6 pun 5 ri
Baekjeonghyang Bai Ding Xiang
白丁香 백정향 · Sparrow Droppings

6.6 g
Assistant 佐

1 don 6 pun 5 ri
Nami Nuo Mi
糯米 나미 · Glutinous Rice

210 g
Envoy 使

3 hop 5 jak

Total 1101.8 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 freckles
small sores
spots and pimples of the face and itching of the skin
and removes grime — used as a face wash

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Facial blemishes and itching

Biomedical correlates

Melasma
Acne — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治面上䵟𪑮, 或生小瘡, 或生痤疿粉刺之類, 幷皮膚瘙痒, 能去垢膩. 皂角一斤, 升麻二兩六錢半, 楮實子一兩六錢半, 白芷ㆍ白芨ㆍ天花粉ㆍ菉豆粉各三錢三分半, 甘松ㆍ縮砂ㆍ白丁香各一錢六分半, 糯米三合半. 右爲末和勻, 常用洗面. 一方加樟腦二錢. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats freckles and dark patches of the face, or small sores arising, or pimples, prickly heat and flour pimples and their kind, together with itching of the skin, and can remove grime and grease. Gleditsia 1 geun; cimicifuga 2 nyang 6 don 5 pun; paper mulberry fruit 1 nyang 6 don 5 pun; angelica dahurica, bletilla, trichosanthes root and mung bean flour 3 don 3 pun 5 ri each; nardostachys, amomum and sparrow droppings 1 don 6 pun 5 ri each; glutinous rice 3 hop 5 jak. Powder and mix evenly, and use regularly to wash the face. One version adds 2 don of camphor. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Myeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A washing powder rather than a medicine — gleditsia at a geun is the soap, and the rest is what is left when the grime has gone. 能去垢膩, it removes grime and grease, is the honest part of the claim. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.