Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Three Yellows Powder

Samhwang-san

한글 삼황산  ·  Pinyin San Huang San

三黃散

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Composition 構成

Total 88 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • White lichen wind

Biomedical correlates

  • Vitiligo

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治白癜風. 雄黃ㆍ硫黃 各五錢, 黃丹ㆍ天南星ㆍ白礬(枯)ㆍ密陀僧 各三錢. 右爲末, 先以薑汁擦患處, 薑片蘸藥末擦後, 漸黑, 次日再擦, 黑散則無矣. 《醫鑑》 ○官粉 五錢, 硫黃 三錢. 右爲末, 鷄子淸調, 擦之. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats white lichen wind. Realgar and sulphur 5 don each; red lead, arisaema, calcined alum and litharge 3 don each. Powder them; first rub the affected place with ginger juice, then dip a slice of ginger in the powder and rub it on. It gradually turns black; rub again the next day, and when the black disperses the patch is gone. Another: white lead 5 don and sulphur 3 don, powdered and mixed with egg white, rubbed on. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Pi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Named for its three yellows and made of nothing but mineral poisons — realgar, sulphur, red lead and litharge, rubbed into depigmented skin on a slice of ginger. The observation behind it is real: the patch darkens under the treatment and the formula calls that progress. What is darkening it is lead and arsenic sulphide in the skin. **Contains realgar, red lead, litharge and white lead, applied to the skin. Arsenic and lead are absorbed and cumulatively poisonous. This must not be prepared.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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