Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Dongwon (東垣)

Divinely Effective Brighten the Eyes Decoction

Sinhyo-myeongmok-tang

한글 신효명목탕 · Pinyin Shen Xiao Ming Mu Tang

神效明目湯

The source's collation notes 未 for 末 in the preceding entry, from the second edition.

Composition 構成

Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

8 g
Chief 君

2 don
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

6 g
Chief 君

1 don 5 pun
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Manhyeongja Man Jing Zi
蔓荊子 만형자 · Vitex

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

0.8 g
Envoy 使

2 pun

Total 20.8 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 the lid margins drawn tight so that the lashes turn in and curl
both lids red and ulcerated
the eye painful with running tears and a hidden roughness hard to open

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Tight lid margins with inturned lashes and ulceration

Biomedical correlates

Cicatricial entropion
Chronic blepharitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治眼楞緊急, 致倒睫拳毛, 上下瞼皆赤爛, 睛痛流淚, 隱澁難開. 甘草二錢, 葛根一錢半, 防風一錢, 蔓荊子五分, 細辛二分. 右剉作一貼, 水煎, 食後服. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats the lid margins drawn tight so that the lashes turn in and curl, both lids red and ulcerated, the eye painful with running tears and a hidden roughness hard to open. Licorice 2 don; pueraria 1 don 5 pun; saposhnikovia 1 don; vitex 5 pun; asarum 2 pun. Cut up as one packet, decoct in water, and take after food. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Five medicinals with licorice at the head of them — the lightest formula in the whole chapter, and Dongwon's reading is that the lid has been drawn tight by heat and needs relaxing rather than clearing. Pueraria to slacken the sinew and licorice to moderate; the two tiny drugs at the end carry it to the eye. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.