Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Injae Jikji (仁齋直指方)

Certain Effect Powder

Piryo-san

한글 필효산 · Pinyin Bi Xiao San

必效散

Composition 構成

Injinho Yin Chen Hao
茵蔯蒿 인진호 · Capillaris

8 g
Chief 君

茵蔯
Jeongryeokja Ting Li Zi
葶藶子 정력자 · Pepperweed Seed

4 g
Deputy 臣

stir-fried (炒)
Yongdamcho Long Dan Cao
龍膽草 용담초 · Gentian

4 g
Deputy 臣

草龍膽
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

4 g
Deputy 臣

Total 24 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Clears damp heat in jaundice generally

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Jaundice
for general use

Biomedical correlates

Jaundice

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

黃疸通用. 葶藶子(炒)ㆍ草龍膽ㆍ梔子ㆍ黃芩各一錢, 茵蔯二錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《直指》

Translation

For jaundice in general use. Lepidium seed (stir-fried), gentian, gardenia and scutellaria 1 don each; virgate wormwood 2 don. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Injae Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Hwangdal)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Five medicinals, all bitter and cold except the lepidium, which drains the lung. It is the shortest of the general formulas and the one whose name makes the largest claim. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.