Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Danggye Simbeop (丹溪心法)

Eye Washing Decoction

Sean-tang

한글 세안탕 · Pinyin Xi Yan Tang

洗眼湯

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Chief 君

1 don
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

4 g
Chief 君

1 don
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

2 g
Chief 君

5 pun
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

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Assistant 佐

four kernels
Inyu Ren Ru
人乳 인유 · Human Milk

—
Envoy 使

a little

Total 12 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats a sudden red eye

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Sudden red eye

Biomedical correlates

Acute conjunctivitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治暴赤眼. 赤芍藥ㆍ防風各五分, 當歸ㆍ黃連各一錢, 杏仁四箇. 右剉, 水半鍾, 入人乳少許, 蒸過, 澄淸, 乗溫點洗, 日四五次. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats a sudden red eye. Red peony and saposhnikovia 5 pun each; Korean angelica and coptis 1 don each; four apricot kernels. Cut them up, add half a jong of water and a little breast milk, steam, let it settle clear, and while warm use it to dot and wash the eye four or five times a day. — Danggye Simbeop 丹心 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Tangpo-san with apricot kernel and breast milk added and steamed rather than boiled — a gentler wash, let to settle clear before use. Letting it settle is the step that matters: a wash with particles in it would scratch, and the chapter knows it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.