Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Uihak Gangmok (醫學綱目)
Realgar Powder
Unghwang-san
한글 웅황산 · Pinyin Xiong Huang San
雄黃散
Composition 構成
- Unghwang雄黃 웅황 · Realgar4 g
Chief 君toxic
- Gwache瓜蔕 과체 · Melon Pedicel (toxic)4 g
Deputy 臣toxic
- Jeoksodu赤小豆 적소두 · Adzuki Bean4 g
Assistant 佐
Total 12 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
- Ejects in long-standing malaria
- as above
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Long-standing malaria with a wish to vomit that does not come
Biomedical correlates
- Chronic malaria
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治同上. 雄黃ㆍ瓜蔕ㆍ赤小豆 各一錢. 右末, 每半錢, 溫水調下, 以吐爲度. 《綱目》
Translation
Treats the same as above. Realgar, melon stalk and adzuki bean 1 don each. Powder them and take half a don at a dose stirred into warm water, vomiting being the measure. — Uihak Gangmok 綱目 (Donguibogam · To)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Gwache-san with realgar added. The dose is halved against the plain version, which is the one concession made to the added mineral.
**Contains realgar, which is arsenic sulfide, and melon stalk. Both are toxic and arsenic is cumulative. This must not be prepared or taken.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.