Cimicifuga Powder for Mouth Sores

Seungma-san

한글 승마산 (구설) · Pinyin Sheng Ma San

升麻散

Composition 構成

Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

4 g
Chief 君
Hyeonsam Xuan Shen
玄參 현삼 · Scrophularia

4 g
Chief 君
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

4 g
Deputy 臣
Daehwang Da Huang
大黃 대황 · Rhubarb

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

8 g
Envoy 使

2 pieces
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使

3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

5 pun

Total 42 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 heat in heart and spleen with sores arising on mouth and tongue and cracking

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Heart and spleen heat — mouth and tongue sores with fissures

Biomedical correlates

Aphthous stomatitis
Fissured glossitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治心脾有熱, 口舌生瘡破裂. 升麻ㆍ玄參ㆍ川芎ㆍ生地黃ㆍ麥門冬各一錢, 大黃ㆍ黃連ㆍ黃芩ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 棗二枚, 水煎服. 《直指》

Translation

Treats heat in heart and spleen with sores arising on mouth and tongue and cracking. Cimicifuga, scrophularia, chuanxiong, fresh rehmannia and ophiopogon 1 don each; rhubarb, coptis, scutellaria and licorice 5 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Guseol)