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Antelope Horn Powder for Crab-Eye Pain

Yeongyanggak-san

한글 영양각산 (해정) · Pinyin Ling Yang Jiao San

羚羊角散

Composition 構成

Yeongyanggak Ling Yang Jiao
羚羊角 영양각 · Saiga Antelope Horn (prohibited)

4 g
Chief 君

1 don, filed to shavings · CITES
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

4 g
Chief 君

1 don
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Nogeun Lu Gen
蘆根 노근 · Reed Rhizome

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Daehwang Da Huang
大黃 대황 · Rhubarb

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

7 pun
Moktong Mu Tong
木通 목통 · Akebia

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 don
Seonbokhwa Xuan Fu Hua
旋覆花 선복화 · Inula Flower

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 don
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

3 pun
Jukyeop Zhu Ye
竹葉 죽엽 · Bamboo Leaf

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Envoy 使

seven leaves

Total 32 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 crab-eye pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Crab-eye pain — a dark protrusion from the cornea with severe pain

Biomedical correlates

Corneal perforation with iris prolapse
Staphyloma

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治蟹睛疼痛. 羚羊角屑ㆍ黃連ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ蘆根ㆍ木通ㆍ旋覆花ㆍ桑白皮各一錢, 大黃七分, 甘草三分. 右剉作一貼, 入竹葉七片, 水煎, 食後服. 《類聚》

Translation

Treats crab-eye pain. Antelope horn shavings, coptis, red peony, reed root, akebia, inula flower and mulberry root bark 1 don each; rhubarb 7 pun; licorice 3 pun. Cut up as one packet, add seven bamboo leaves, and decoct in water; take after food. — Uibang Yuchwi 類聚 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Crab-eye is a dark mass pushing out of the cornea — a perforation with the iris coming through — and the pain is severe. Everything in the formula cools or drains, with reed root and bamboo leaf to take the heat out through the urine. In modern terms this is an eye at immediate risk and the treatment is surgical. **Antelope horn comes from a CITES-listed species and cannot lawfully be traded; goat horn is used in its place.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.