Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Cicada Slough Powder for Itching After Wine

Seontoe-san

한글 선퇴산 (피부) · Pinyin Chan Tui San

蟬退散

Not the Cicada Slough Powder registered as seontoe-san, which is the Anterior Yin chapter's single-ingredient wash; the two share a name only. The Bogam cites the same formula in the Itching section as 蟬蛻散.

Composition 構成

Seontoe Chan Tui
蟬退 선퇴 · Cicada Moulting

10 g
Chief 君

蟬殼, equal part
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

10 g
Deputy 臣

equal part

Total 20 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 itching of the body after drinking wine

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind heat itch brought on by wine

Biomedical correlates

Alcohol-induced urticaria
Flushing with pruritus

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治酒後身痒. 蟬殼ㆍ薄荷各等分. 右爲末, 每二錢, 酒水調服. 一名蟬退散. 《得效》

Translation

Treats itching of the body after drinking wine. Cicada slough and mint in equal parts. Powder them and take 2 don at a time stirred into wine and water. It is also called Cicada Slough Powder. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Pi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Two medicinals in wine and water for the itch that comes on after drinking — the chapter's neatest prescription, and the one most clearly aimed at a specific trigger. Cicada slough is the skin's own drug in this tradition, shed and therefore read as able to release what is held at the surface. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.