Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Uibang Yuchwi (醫方類聚)

Rhinoceros Horn Powder for the Fallen Eye

Seogak-san

한글 서각산 (추정) · Pinyin Xi Jiao San

犀角散

Not the Rhinoceros Horn Powder registered elsewhere under the same name; the two share a name only. The transcription writes the liver 菟肝 for 兎肝.

Composition 構成

Chajeonja Che Qian Zi
車前子 차전자 · Plantago Seed

40 g
Chief 君

1 nyang
Gugija Gou Qi Zi
枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry

40 g
Chief 君

1 nyang
Seogak Xi Jiao
犀角 서각 · Rhinoceros Horn (prohibited)

20 g
Chief 君

5 don, filed to shavings · CITES
Yeongyanggak Ling Yang Jiao
羚羊角 영양각 · Saiga Antelope Horn (prohibited)

20 g
Chief 君

5 don, filed to shavings · CITES
Goegakja Huai Jiao Zi
槐角子 괴각자 · Pagoda Tree Fruit

30 g
Deputy 臣

槐子
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

30 g
Deputy 臣

7 don 5 pun
Cheongsangja Qing Xiang Zi
靑箱子 청상자 · Celosia Seed

30 g
Deputy 臣

7 don 5 pun
Ubangja Niu Bang Zi
牛蒡子 우방자 · Burdock Seed

30 g
Deputy 臣

7 don 5 pun
Chungwi Chong Wei
茺蔚 충위 · Motherwort Fruit

30 g
Deputy 臣

茺蔚子
Togan Tu Gan
兎肝 토간 · Rabbit Liver

—
Deputy 臣

菟肝
Hohwangryeon Hu Huang Lian
胡黃連 호황련 · Picrorhiza

30 g
Assistant 佐

7 don 5 pun

Total 300 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 the fallen eye with loss of sight

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Fallen eye with blindness

Biomedical correlates

Traumatic optic neuropathy
Proptosis with visual loss

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治墜睛失明. 車前子ㆍ枸杞子各一兩, 槐子ㆍ五味子ㆍ靑箱子ㆍ牛蒡子(炒)ㆍ茺蔚子ㆍ胡黃連各七錢半, 犀角屑ㆍ羚羊角屑各五錢, 菟肝一具微灸. 右爲末, 每二錢, 食後以槐子煎湯調下. 《類聚》

Translation

Treats the fallen eye with loss of sight. Plantago seed and lycium fruit 1 nyang each; sophora seed, schisandra, celosia seed, burdock seed (stir-fried), leonurus seed and picrorhiza 7 don 5 pun each; rhinoceros horn shavings and antelope horn shavings 5 don each; one whole rabbit's liver, lightly roasted. Powder them and take 2 don at a time after food, stirred into a decoction of sophora seed. — Uibang Yuchwi 類聚 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Six seeds, two horns and a rabbit's liver for an eye knocked out of place and blind — the Yuchwi's answer where nothing mechanical was possible. The liver is again the vitamin-A drug, and the two horns are what this tradition reached for whenever an eye had gone both hot and dark. **Rhinoceros horn and antelope horn come from CITES-listed species and cannot lawfully be traded; water buffalo horn and goat horn are used in their place.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.