Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Hwaje Gukbang (和劑局方)
Cool the Diaphragm Powder
Yanggyeok-san
한글 양격산 · Pinyin Liang Ge San
Decocted with the bamboo leaves and a little honey down to half; the mirabilite is stirred in at the end, the dregs removed, and the liquid taken.
Composition 構成
- Yeongyo連翹 연교 · Forsythia8 g
Chief 君 - Daehwang大黃 대황 · Rhubarb4 g
Deputy 臣 - Mangcho芒硝 망초 · Mirabilite4 g
Deputy 臣 - Bakha薄荷 박하 · Mint2 g
Assistant 佐 - Hwanggeum黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria2 g
Assistant 佐 - Chija梔子 치자 · Gardenia2 g
Assistant 佐 - Jukyeop竹葉 죽엽 · Bamboo Leaf2 g
Assistant 佐 7 leaves (靑竹葉) - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice4 g
Envoy 使
Total 28 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Cools the diaphragm and drains the accumulated heat below
- Clears the mouth eyes and mind that heat has clouded
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Accumulated heat with vexation and agitation (積熱煩躁)
- Mouth and tongue sores with red eyes and clouded head
- Stomach and intestines dry and rough with stool and urine bound
Biomedical correlates
- Oral ulcers with constipation
- Inflammatory heat with agitation
- Upper-body heat with bowel involvement
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治積熱煩躁, 口舌生瘡, 目赤頭昏, 腸胃燥澁, 便尿秘結. 連翹 二錢, 大黃ㆍ芒硝ㆍ甘草 各一錢, 薄荷ㆍ黃芩ㆍ梔子 各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入靑竹葉七片ㆍ蜜少許, 同煎至半, 入硝去滓服. 《局方》
Translation
Treats accumulated heat with vexation and agitation, sores arising on mouth and tongue, red eyes and clouded head, stomach and intestines dry and rough, stool and urine bound and blocked. Forsythia 2 don; rhubarb, mirabilite, and licorice, 1 don each; mint, scutellaria, and gardenia, 0.5 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, add 7 green bamboo leaves and a little honey, decoct together down to half, stir in the mirabilite, remove the dregs, and take. — Gukbang 局方 (Donguibogam · Hwa)