Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Spirit Dispersing Powder

Sinso-san

한글 신소산 · Pinyin Shen Xiao San

神消散

Composition 構成

Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

40 g
Chief 君

山梔仁, 1 nyang, fried black in salt water
Gyulhaek Ju He
橘核 귤핵 · Tangerine Seed

40 g
Chief 君

1 nyang
Hoehyang Hui Xiang
茴香 회향 · Fennel Fruit

40 g
Deputy 臣

1 nyang
Yeojihaek Li Zhi He
荔枝核 여지핵 · Lychee Seed

32 g
Deputy 臣

8 don
Ikjiin Yi Zhi Ren
益智仁 익지인 · Alpinia

28 g
Assistant 佐

7 don
Binrang Bing Lang
檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed

20 g
Assistant 佐

5 don
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

12 g
Envoy 使

3 don

Total 212 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 mounting qi of every kind with the outer kidney distended and painful

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Mounting qi with scrotal distension and pain

Biomedical correlates

Inguinal hernia pain
Testicular pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治諸般疝氣, 外腎脹痛. 山梔仁鹽水炒黑ㆍ橘核(炒)ㆍ茴香鹽水炒各一兩, 荔枝核八錢, 益智仁(炒) 七錢, 檳榔五錢, 靑皮油炒三錢. 右爲末, 每二錢, 燒酒調空心服. 不飮酒, 鹽湯服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats mounting qi of every kind with the outer kidney distended and painful. Gardenia kernel fried black in salt water, orange seed (stir-fried) and fennel fried in salt water 1 nyang each; lychee seed 8 don; alpinia (stir-fried) 7 don; areca 5 don; green tangerine peel oil-fried 3 don. Powder them and take 2 don at a time stirred into distilled spirit on an empty stomach; for one who does not drink, take it with salt decoction. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Jeoneum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Seed medicinals for a disease of the seeds — orange pip and lychee stone, both read as reaching the testicle by likeness — with gardenia fried black in salt water to send the cooling downward. Every drug in it is processed, and the salt in three of them is what aims the formula at the kidney. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.