Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Wigye Bogam (衛生寶鑑)
Cimicifuga and Coptis Decoction
Seungmahwangryeon-tang
한글 승마황련탕 · Pinyin Sheng Ma Huang Lian Tang
Composition 構成
- Seungma升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga4 g
Chief 君 - Galgeun葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root4 g
Chief 君乾葛
- Hwangryeon黃連 황련 · Coptis1.6 g
Chief 君wine-fried (酒炒), 4 pun
- Baekji白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica2.8 g
Deputy 臣7 pun
- Baekjakyak白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony2 g
Deputy 臣5 pun
- Seogak犀角 서각 · Rhinoceros Horn (prohibited)1.2 g
Deputy 臣shavings, 3 pun · CITES
- Cheongung川芎 천궁 · Cnidium1.2 g
Deputy 臣steeped separately, 3 pun
- Hyeonggae荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta1.2 g
Deputy 臣荊芥穗, steeped separately, 3 pun
- Bakha薄荷 박하 · Mint1.2 g
Deputy 臣steeped separately, 3 pun
- Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice2 g
Envoy 使5 pun
Total 21.2 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Treats heat in the face
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Yang brightness heat — the face hot and red
Biomedical correlates
- Facial flushing
- Rosacea
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治面熱. 升麻ㆍ乾葛 各一錢, 白芷 七分, 白芍藥ㆍ甘草 各五分, 黃連(酒炒) 四分, 犀角屑ㆍ川芎ㆍ荊芥穗ㆍ薄荷 各三分. 右剉, 先用水半盞浸川芎ㆍ荊芥ㆍ薄荷, 外都作一貼, 水二盞煎至一盞, 入浸三味再煎至七分, 去滓食後溫服. 忌酒麪五辛. 《寶鑑》
Translation
Treats heat in the face. Cimicifuga and dried pueraria 1 don each; angelica dahurica 7 pun; white peony and licorice 5 pun each; coptis (wine-fried) 4 pun; rhinoceros horn shavings, chuanxiong, schizonepeta spike and mint 3 pun each. Cut up; first steep the chuanxiong, schizonepeta and mint in half a jan of water, and make the rest into one packet boiled in two jan of water down to one; then add the three steeped medicinals and boil again to seven parts, strain and take warm after food. Avoid wine, wheat food and the five pungent things. — Wigye Bogam 寶鑑 (Donguibogam · Myeon)