Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Three Lights Paste

Samgwang-go

한글 삼광고 · Pinyin San Guang Gao

三光膏

Composition 構成

Jusa Zhu Sha
朱砂 주사 · Cinnabar (toxic)

10 g
Chief 君

equal part · toxic
Unghwang Xiong Huang
雄黃 웅황 · Realgar

10 g
Chief 君

equal part · toxic
Bungsa Peng Sha
硼砂 붕사 · Borax

10 g
Deputy 臣

鵬砂
Inyu Ren Ru
人乳 인유 · Human Milk

—
Envoy 使

breast milk
Aeyeop Ai Ye
艾葉 애엽 · Mugwort Leaf

—
Envoy 使

burnt to smoke the bowl the paste is held over
Cheongyu Qing You
淸油 청유 · Clear Sesame Oil

—
Envoy 使

香油

Total 30 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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 the eye injured by offending the earth

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Eye injury from earth or dust

Biomedical correlates

Chemical or dust injury of the eye

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治犯土傷眼. 朱砂ㆍ雄黃ㆍ鵬砂各等分. 右細末, 乳汁調塗, 盛椀內, 覆地上, 以艾葉燒烟熏之, 至黃色爲度, 帶椀收貯. 用時, 以香油少許調勻, 點眼角. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats the eye injured by offending the earth. Cinnabar, realgar and borax in equal parts. Grind fine, mix with breast milk and spread it in a bowl; invert the bowl over the ground and burn mugwort to smoke it until it turns yellow; keep it in the bowl. For use, thin a little with sesame oil and dot it at the corner of the eye. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Smoked over burning mugwort in an inverted bowl until the paste turns yellow — a colour change used as the endpoint, which means something was actually happening to the mixture. Everything in it is a sulphide or a salt, and two of the three are poisons. **Contains cinnabar and realgar, placed on the eye. This must not be prepared.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.