Formulas · Expel Worms 驅蟲 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)
Pteropus and Alum Powder
Yeongban-san
한글 영반산 · Pinyin Ling Fan San
靈礬散
Composition 構成
- Oryeongji五靈脂 오령지 · Flying Squirrel Feces8 g
Chief 君 - Baekban白礬 백반 · Alum2 g
Deputy 臣calcined (枯)
Total 10 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Treats a child's roundworm reversal with heart pain
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- A child's roundworm reversal with heart pain
Biomedical correlates
- Ascariasis in children
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治小兒蛔厥心痛. 五靈脂 二錢, 枯白礬 五分. 右爲末, 每二錢, 水煎服. 當吐蟲卽止. 《醫鑑》
Translation
Treats a child's roundworm reversal with heart pain. Flying-squirrel droppings 2 don; calcined alum 5 pun. Powder them and take 2 don at a time, decocted in water. The worms are vomited and it stops at once. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Chung)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Two ingredients, and it works by making the child sick — 當吐蟲卽止, the worms come up and the pain stops. The shortest formula in the chapter. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.