Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Rhinoceros Horn Beverage

Seogak-eum

한글 서각음 · Pinyin Xi Jiao Yin

犀角飮

Composition 構成

Seogak Xi Jiao
犀角 서각 · Rhinoceros Horn (prohibited)

8 g
Chief 君

2 don, filed to shavings · CITES
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Chajeonja Che Qian Zi
車前子 차전자 · Plantago Seed

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Baekbuja Bai Fu Zi
白附子 백부자 · Typhonium Rhizome

2 g
Assistant 佐

5 pun
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

2 g
Assistant 佐

5 pun

Total 24 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 the yellow membrane rising upward with pain of the eye and a closed roughness

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Yellow membrane rising with pain

Biomedical correlates

Hypopyon
Purulent keratitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治黃膜上衝, 睛痛閉澁. 犀角鎊屑二錢, 羌活ㆍ黃芩ㆍ車前子各一錢, 白附子ㆍ麥門冬各五分. 右剉作一貼, 水煎, 食後服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats the yellow membrane rising upward with pain of the eye and a closed roughness. Rhinoceros horn filed to shavings 2 don; notopterygium, scutellaria and plantago seed 1 don each; typhonium and ophiopogon 5 pun each. Cut up as one packet, decoct in water, and take after food. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A yellow membrane rising from below inside the eye is a hypopyon — pus layered in the anterior chamber — and it means a severe infection. The formula is cooling and draining with the horn at the head of it, which was the strongest thing available; today this is an emergency requiring antibiotics. **Rhinoceros horn comes from a CITES-listed species and cannot lawfully be traded; water buffalo horn is used in its place.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.