Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Donguibogam · Inhu

Divinely Effective Powder for a Lost Voice

Sinhyo-san

한글 신효산 (실음) · Pinyin Shen Xiao San

神效散

Composition 構成

Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

20 g
Chief 君

荊芥穗, equal parts
Pimaja Bi Ma Zi
萆麻子 피마자 · Castor Bean (toxic)

20 g
Chief 君

萆麻肉, the flesh, equal parts · toxic
Bongmil Feng Mi
蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey

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Envoy 使

for binding, gleditsia-seed sized

Total 40 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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 throat impediment with the voice not coming out — a pill wrapped in cotton and melted in the mouth

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Throat impediment with loss of voice

Biomedical correlates

Laryngitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治喉痺語聲不出. 荊芥穗ㆍ萆麻肉等分爲末, 蜜丸皂子大, 綿裹含化.

Translation

Treats throat impediment with the voice not coming out. Schizonepeta spike and castor seed flesh in equal parts, powdered and made into honey pills the size of a gleditsia seed; wrap in cotton wool and melt in the mouth. — Donguibogam · Inhu

Clinical commentary 臨床

**Castor seed contains ricin and is severely toxic if swallowed. For a lozenge held in the mouth this is a real risk, and it should not be prepared.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.