Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Dansim (丹心)

Cimicifuga Decoction for Lung Wind

Seungma-tang

한글 승마탕 (폐풍)  ·  Pinyin Sheng Ma Tang

升麻湯

The Bogam carries other formulas of this name; this one is suffixed -bi.

Composition 構成

Total 35.6 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • Lung wind sores of face and nose

Biomedical correlates

  • Rosacea
  • Facial dermatitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治肺風瘡. 陳皮ㆍ甘草 各一錢, 蒼朮ㆍ乾葛ㆍ桔梗ㆍ升麻 各七分, 赤芍藥ㆍ大黃(酒蒸) 各五分, 半夏ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ白芷ㆍ當歸 各三分, 枳殼ㆍ乾薑 各二分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑 三片, 燈心 一撮, 同煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats lung wind sores. Tangerine peel and licorice 1 don each; atractylodes lancea, dried pueraria, platycodon and cimicifuga 7 pun each; red peony and rhubarb (wine-steamed) 5 pun each; pinellia, red poria, angelica dahurica and angelica 3 pun each; bitter orange and dried ginger 2 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and a pinch of juncus, and decoct together. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Bi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Fourteen medicinals at descending doses with a little wine-steamed rhubarb to carry the heat down through the bowel. Cimicifuga lifts and rhubarb drops, and the formula works the face from both ends. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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