Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Seongje Chongrok (聖濟總錄)

Penetrate the Spring Powder

Tucheon-san

한글 투천산 · Pinyin Tou Quan San

透泉散

Composition 構成

Hwalseok Hua Shi
滑石 활석 · Talc

40 g
Chief 君
Mangcho Mang Xiao
芒硝 망초 · Mirabilite

20 g
Deputy 臣
Hobak Hu Po
琥珀 호박 · Amber

10 g
Deputy 臣
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

20 g
Envoy 使
Deungsim Deng Xin Cao
燈心草 등심초 · Rush Pith

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Envoy 使

juncus decoction as the draught

Total 90 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats red
rough urine that will not pass

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Urine red and rough
not passing

Biomedical correlates

Dysuria with haematuria

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治小便赤澁不通. 滑石一兩, 芒硝ㆍ甘草各五錢, 琥珀二錢半. 右細末, 每二錢, 空心以燈心煎湯調下. 《總錄》

Translation

Treats urine red and rough that will not pass. Talc 1 nyang; mirabilite and licorice 5 don each; amber 2 don 5 pun. Powder finely and take 2 don at a time on an empty stomach stirred into juncus decoction. — Seongje Chongrok 總錄 (Donguibogam · Sobyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Talc and mirabilite to open and amber to ease the pain — four medicinals for a hot, bloody, painful urine. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.