Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Soot and Salt Powder

Sangyeom-san

한글 상염산 · Pinyin Shuang Yan San

霜鹽散

Composition 構成

Baekchosang Bai Cao Shuang
百草霜 백초상 · Stove Soot

8 g
Chief 君

equal parts
Cheongyeom Qing Yan
靑鹽 청염 · Blue Rock Salt

8 g
Chief 君

靑鹽, equal parts; white salt will do
Jeonghwasu Jing Hua Shui
井華水 정화수 · Dawn-Drawn Well Water

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Envoy 使

well water to mix

Total 16 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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 a tongue suddenly swollen large — smeared on the tongue

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Sudden swelling of the tongue

Biomedical correlates

Acute glossitis — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治舌忽腫大. 百草霜ㆍ靑鹽等分爲末, 井水調塗舌上. 無靑鹽則白鹽亦可. 《入門》

Translation

Treats a tongue suddenly swollen large. Stove soot and blue salt in equal parts, powdered and mixed with well water and smeared on the tongue; if there is no blue salt, white salt will do. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Guseol)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Two things any kitchen had, for a tongue that has swollen in hours. A tongue swelling that fast can close an airway, and it is worth saying that this is not a treatment for that. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.