Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Penetrating Spirit Powder

Tongryeong-san

한글 통령산 · Pinyin Tong Ling San

通靈散

Composition 構成

Pohwang Pu Huang
蒲黃 포황 · Cattail Pollen

40 g
Chief 君
Oryeongji Wu Ling Zhi
五靈脂 오령지 · Flying Squirrel Feces

40 g
Chief 君
Moktong Mu Tong
木通 목통 · Akebia

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Yeom Yan
鹽 염 · Salt

—
Envoy 使

a little salt stirred in

Total 120 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 the nine kinds of heart pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Heart pain of any kind

Biomedical correlates

Epigastric pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治九種心痛. 蒲黃ㆍ五靈脂各一兩, 木通ㆍ赤芍藥各五錢. 右剉五錢, 水煎入鹽少許服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats the nine kinds of heart pain. Cattail pollen and flying-squirrel droppings 1 nyang each; akebia and red peony 5 don each. Cut 5 don, decoct in water, add a little salt and take. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Hyung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Cattail pollen with flying-squirrel droppings is Silso-san, the tradition's base pair for pain from static blood, and it runs through this whole chapter. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.