Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Wigye Bogam (衛生寶鑑)

Cattail Pollen Paste for the Ear

Pohwang-go

한글 포황고 (이) · Pinyin Pu Huang Gao

蒲黃膏

Composition 構成

Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

20 g
Chief 君

5 don
Pohwang Pu Huang
蒲黃 포황 · Cattail Pollen

20 g
Chief 君

5 don
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

30 g
Deputy 臣

7 don 5 pun, and its paste to bind
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

30 g
Deputy 臣

7 don 5 pun

Total 100 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 sudden deafness
packed into the ear

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Sudden deafness

Biomedical correlates

Sudden hearing loss — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治耳卒聾. 細辛ㆍ蒲黃各五錢, 杏仁ㆍ神麴各七錢半. 右爲末, 杏仁膏和捻如棗核大, 綿裹塞耳, 日一易. 《寶鑑》

Translation

Treats sudden deafness. Asarum and cattail pollen 5 don each; apricot kernel and medicated leaven 7 don 5 pun each. Powder them, bind with apricot-kernel paste into pieces the size of a jujube stone, wrap in cotton wool and pack in the ear, changing it daily. — Wigye Bogam 寶鑑 (Donguibogam · I)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The gentlest of the ear plugs — no poison in it, and the apricot kernel's own oil binds it. Changed daily, like the running-ear powder at 4.5.15. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.