Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Seongje Chongrok (聖濟總錄)
Cattail Pollen Powder
Pohwang-san
한글 포황산 · Pinyin Pu Huang San
蒲黃散
Composition 構成
- Pohwang蒲黃 포황 · Cattail Pollen20 g
Chief 君 - Hwalseok滑石 활석 · Talc20 g
Chief 君 - Gyeja雞子 계자 · Hen's Egg—
Envoy 使鷄子淸, egg white to mix the powder
Total 40 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.
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Actions 效能
- Treats twisted bladder with no urine
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Twisted bladder — urine not passed
Biomedical correlates
- Urinary retention
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治脬轉不得尿. 蒲黃ㆍ滑石 各等分, 爲末, 每二錢, 鷄子淸調下. 《總錄》
Translation
Treats twisted bladder with no urine. Cattail pollen and talc in equal parts, powdered; take 2 don at a time mixed with egg white. — Seongje Chongrok 總錄 (Donguibogam · Sobyeon)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Two medicinals in egg white — cattail pollen for any blood in the urine and talc to open. One of three stone-and-seed formulas for the twisted bladder. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.