Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Jikji (直指)
Gentian Powder
Yongdam-san
한글 용담산 · Pinyin Long Dan San
龍膽散
The Wikisource transcription has 未飮 for 米飮; restored.
Composition 構成
- Yongdamcho龍膽草 용담초 · Gentian40 g
Chief 君 - Bangpung防風 방풍 · Siler40 g
Deputy 臣 - Mitang米湯 미탕 · Rice Water—
Envoy 使rice water as the draught, at bedtime
Total 80 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 night sweating from liver heat
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Liver heat with night sweats
Biomedical correlates
- Night sweats with irritability
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治肝熱盜汗. 龍膽草ㆍ防風 各等分. 右爲末, 每一錢, 米飮調下, 臨臥時. 《直指》
Translation
Treats night sweating from liver heat. Gentian and saposhnikovia in equal parts. Powder them and take 1 don stirred into rice water, at bedtime. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Jinaek)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Night sweats from the liver rather than the kidney — gentian to drain it and saposhnikovia to close the surface. The chapter's one formula that sends the night sweat to a different organ. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.