Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Drain the Liver Powder

Sagan-san

한글 사간산 · Pinyin Xie Gan San

瀉肝散

The Bogam's heading reads 瀉肝散 and the entry is listed in the chapter under black wind; the romanization follows the reading Sagan-san.

Composition 構成

Daehwang Da Huang
大黃 대황 · Rhubarb

20 g
Chief 君

5 don
Ukriin Yu Li Ren
郁李仁 욱리인 · Bush Cherry Pit

10 g
Deputy 臣

2 don 5 pun
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

10 g
Deputy 臣

2 don 5 pun
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

20 g
Envoy 使

5 don

Total 60 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 black wind with dimness

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Black wind internal obstruction with liver repletion

Biomedical correlates

Glaucoma

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治烏風昏暗. 大黃ㆍ甘草各五錢, 郁李仁ㆍ荊芥穗各二錢半. 右剉分二貼, 空心水煎服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats black wind with dimness. Rhubarb and licorice 5 don each; bush cherry kernel and schizonepeta spikes 2 don 5 pun each. Cut up and divide into two packets; decoct in water and take on an empty stomach. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four medicinals and two of them purgatives — the only frankly downward formula among the internal obstructions. Black wind is read as liver repletion, and the Deukhyobang drains it through the stool rather than treating the eye at all; licorice at equal weight with the rhubarb is what keeps the purge from being violent. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.