Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Dongwon (東垣)

Asarum Powder for the Teeth

Sesin-san

한글 세신산 (아치)  ·  Pinyin Xi Xin San

細辛散

Composition 構成

Total 51.6 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

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • Great cold in the head — head and teeth aching together

Biomedical correlates

  • Toothache with headache — external use

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治大寒犯腦, 頭連齒痛. 麻黃 三錢, 桂枝ㆍ羊脛骨灰 各二錢半, 羌活ㆍ草豆蔲 各一錢半, 當歸 四分, 藁本ㆍ蒼朮 各三分, 防風ㆍ柴胡ㆍ升麻ㆍ白芷 各二分, 細辛 一分. 右爲末, 先以溫水漱口, 以藥擦之. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats great cold offending the brain with the head and teeth aching together. Ephedra 3 don; cinnamon twig and sheep's shin-bone ash 2 don 5 pun each; notopterygium and round cardamom 1 don 5 pun each; angelica 4 pun; ligusticum and atractylodes lancea 3 pun each; saposhnikovia, bupleurum, cimicifuga and angelica dahurica 2 pun each; asarum 1 pun. Powder them; first rinse the mouth with warm water, then rub the medicine on. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Ahchi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

4.11.4 sends the reader to the Head chapter's reversal headache to be read alongside this — a toothache and a headache from the same cold, treated from the tooth. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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