Supreme Clarity Powder

Sangcheong-san

한글 상청산 · Pinyin Shang Qing San

上淸散

Composition 構成

Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

10 g
Chief 君

2 don 5 pun
Ulgeum Yu Jin
鬱金 울금 · Curcuma Tuber

10 g
Deputy 臣

2 don 5 pun
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

10 g
Deputy 臣

2 don 5 pun
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

10 g
Deputy 臣

2 don 5 pun
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

10 g
Deputy 臣

2 don 5 pun
Mangcho Mang Xiao
芒硝 망초 · Mirabilite

10 g
Deputy 臣

2 don 5 pun
Yuhyang Ru Xiang
乳香 유향 · Frankincense

2 g
Assistant 佐

5 pun
Molyak Mo Yao
沒藥 몰약 · Myrrh

2 g
Assistant 佐

5 pun
Yongnoe Long Nao
龍腦 용뇌 · Borneol

1 g
Assistant 佐

2 pun 5 ri

Total 65 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 wind headache with pain of the brow bone and the eye sockets past bearing — snuffed up the nose

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind headache with brow and orbital pain

Biomedical correlates

Supraorbital neuralgia — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風頭痛, 眉骨眼圈俱痛不可忍. 川芎ㆍ鬱金ㆍ芍藥ㆍ荊芥ㆍ薄荷ㆍ芒硝各二錢半, 乳香ㆍ沒藥各五分, 龍腦二分半. 右爲末, 每取一字, 鼻內搐之. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats wind headache with pain of the brow bone and the eye sockets past bearing. Chuanxiong, curcuma, peony, schizonepeta, mint and mirabilite 2 don 5 pun each; frankincense and myrrh 5 pun each; borneol 2 pun 5 ri. Powder them and snuff 1 ja up the nose. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Du)

Clinical commentary 臨床

1.36 collects the nasal insufflations: a powder blown or snuffed up the nose for a headache, which raises a sneeze and a flow of mucus. The Mouth and Throat chapters use the same route when nothing will go down. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.