Jade Countenance Xi Shi Powder

Ongyongseosi-san

한글 옥용서시산 · Pinyin Yu Rong Xi Shi San

玉容西施散

Composition 構成

Nokdu Lu Dou
菉豆 녹두 · Mung Bean

80 g
Chief 君

菉豆粉, 2 nyang
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

40 g
Deputy 臣
Baekban Bai Fan
白礬 백반 · Alum

40 g
Deputy 臣
Baekryeom Bai Lian
白斂 백렴 · Ampelopsis Root

40 g
Deputy 臣

白斂
Baekgangjam Bai Jiang Can
白殭蠶 백강잠 · Silkworm

40 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbuja Bai Fu Zi
白附子 백부자 · Typhonium Rhizome

40 g
Deputy 臣

· toxic
Cheonhwabun Tian Hua Fen
天花粉 천화분 · Trichosanthes Root

40 g
Deputy 臣
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

8 g
Deputy 臣

2 don
Gobon Gao Ben
藁本 고본 · Ligusticum Root

8 g
Deputy 臣

2 don
Gamsong Gan Song
甘松 감송향 · Nardostachys

20 g
Assistant 佐

5 don
Sannae Shan Nai
山柰 산내 · Sand Ginger

20 g
Assistant 佐

三乃子, 5 don
Mohyang Mao Xiang
茅香 모향 · Sweet Grass

20 g
Assistant 佐

5 don
Yeongneunghyang Ling Ling Xiang
零陵香 영릉향 · Loosestrife Herb

8 g
Assistant 佐

2 don
Jogak Zao Jiao
皂角 조각 · Gleditsia Pod

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Envoy 使

肥皂角, 2 cakes

Total 404 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 the same — used as a face wash

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Facial blemishes

Biomedical correlates

Melasma — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治同上. 菉豆粉二兩, 白芷ㆍ白礬ㆍ白斂ㆍ白殭蠶ㆍ白附子ㆍ天花粉各一兩, 甘松ㆍ三乃子ㆍ茅香各五錢, 零陵香ㆍ防風ㆍ藁本各二錢, 肥皂角二錠. 右爲細末, 每洗面時用之, 面色如玉. 《醫林》

Translation

Treats the same. Mung bean flour 2 nyang; angelica dahurica, alum, ampelopsis, silkworm, typhonium and trichosanthes root 1 nyang each; nardostachys, sand ginger and sweet grass 5 don each; spikenard grass, saposhnikovia and ligusticum 2 don each; two cakes of fat gleditsia. Powder finely and use each time the face is washed, and the colour of the face is like jade. — Uirim 醫林 (Donguibogam · Myeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Named for Xi Shi, the famous beauty. Mung bean flour is the bulk and the gleditsia the soap; six of the remaining medicinals have 白, white, in their names, which is most of the reasoning. **Contains typhonium, which is toxic.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.