Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Jikji (直指)
Kidney Powder
Yoja-san
한글 요자산 · Pinyin Yao Zi San
Composition 構成
- Gyeonuja牽牛子 견우자 · Morning Glory Seed (strong)6 g
Chief 君黑丑 and 白丑 in equal parts, both fried, the first powder taken, 3 don
- Cheoncho川椒 천초 · Sichuan Pepper—
Deputy 臣50 grains
- Hoehyang茴香 회향 · Fennel Fruit—
Deputy 臣100 grains
- Jeosin猪腎 저신 · Pig Kidney—
Envoy 使one pig's kidney, split thin to hold the medicine
- Ju酒 주 · Wine—
Envoy 使warm wine, chewed down with it
Total 6 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 4 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.
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Actions 效能
- Treats water mounting with swelling and pain
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Water mounting — scrotal swelling
Biomedical correlates
- Hydrocele
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治水疝腫痛. 黑丑ㆍ白丑 等分, 幷炒取頭末. 右末三錢, 取猪腰子一部, 薄批入川椒五十粒ㆍ茴香百粒, 以牽牛末遍敷之, 濕紙包裹, 以線繫定, 煨令香熟, 取出空心溫酒嚼下, 取下惡物便愈. 《直指》
Translation
Treats water mounting with swelling and pain. Black and white morning-glory seed in equal parts, both fried and the first powder taken. Take 3 don of the powder; split one pig's kidney thin, put in 50 grains of Sichuan pepper and 100 of fennel, spread the morning-glory powder all over it, wrap in wet paper, tie it with thread and roast it until fragrant and done; take it out and chew it down on an empty stomach with warm wine, and when the foul matter comes down it heals. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Jeoneum)