Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Uihak Jeonggam (醫學正傳)

Retreat the Wind Powder

Toepung-san

한글 퇴풍산 · Pinyin Tui Feng San

退風散

The only decoction in the lockjaw section without aconite, scorpion or a mineral.

Composition 構成

Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

4 g
Chief 君
Cheonma Tian Ma
天麻 천마 · Gastrodia

4 g
Chief 君
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Mahwang Ma Huang
麻黃 마황 · Ephedra

4 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekgangjam Bai Jiang Can
白殭蠶 백강잠 · Silkworm

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

seven slices

Total 32.8 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 lockjaw with loss of consciousness
Dispels wind and nourishes the blood

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind toxin with clouded consciousness
Lockjaw with blood vacuity

Biomedical correlates

Tetanus
Wound infection with reduced consciousness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治破傷風, 不省人事. 防風ㆍ天麻ㆍ白芷ㆍ麻黃ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ當歸各一錢, 薄荷七分, 荊芥ㆍ白殭蚕ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑七片, 水煎服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats lockjaw with loss of consciousness. Saposhnikovia, gastrodia, angelica dahurica, ephedra, red poria and tangkuei, 1 don each; mint, 7 fun; schizonepeta, silkworm and licorice, 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add seven slices of ginger and decoct in water. — Uihak Jeonggam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The one formula in the lockjaw section built entirely of ordinary herbs — no aconite, no scorpion, no mineral — which makes it the only one here a modern practitioner could prepare. Saposhnikovia and gastrodia lead, silkworm supplies the wind-extinguishing action that scorpion carries elsewhere, and tangkuei nourishes. It is correspondingly weaker than its neighbours, and the Jeonggam clearly offers it for the case not yet in extremity. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.