Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Five Immortals Plaster

Oseon-go

한글 오선고 · Pinyin Wu Xian Gao

五仙膏

Composition 構成

Daehwang Da Huang
大黃 대황 · Rhubarb

320 g
Chief 君
Jogak Zao Jiao
皂角 조각 · Gleditsia Pod

320 g
Deputy 臣
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

320 g
Deputy 臣
Saengchong Sheng Cong
生葱 생총 · Fresh Scallion

320 g
Assistant 佐
Daesan Da Suan
大蒜 대산 · Garlic

320 g
Assistant 佐

Total 1600 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

Applied externally to disperse glomus lumps and aggregation disease

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Glomus lumps
accumulation and gathering
and aggregation disease of every kind

Biomedical correlates

Palpable abdominal mass

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治一切痞塊, 積聚, 癖疾. 大黃ㆍ皂角ㆍ生薑ㆍ生葱ㆍ大蒜各半斤. 右共搗爛, 水煎取汁去楂, 再熬成膏, 黑色爲度, 攤絹帛上, 先以鍼刺患處, 後貼膏藥. 《回春》

Translation

Treats glomus lumps, accumulation and gathering, and aggregation disease of every kind. Rhubarb, gleditsia pod, fresh ginger, fresh scallion and garlic half a geun each. Pound them all to a pulp, decoct in water and take the liquid, discarding the dregs; reduce again to a plaster, taking a black colour as the measure. Spread on silk; first needle the affected place, then apply the plaster. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Jeokchwi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Five medicinals at half a geun each, four of them acrid and irritant, reduced together to a black paste. The instruction to needle the site first and then apply is the notable part: the punctures are there to let the plaster in, which makes this the only formula in the chapter to combine an external application with a procedure. **Needling the skin and then applying an irritant plaster carries a serious risk of infection and chemical injury. This is recorded as a historical method and must not be attempted.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.