Borneol Paste for a Child's Wind Rawness

Yongnoe-go

한글 용뇌고 (눈) · Pinyin Long Nao Gao

龍腦膏

Not the Borneol Paste registered as yongnoe-go; the two share a name only.

Composition 構成

Yuin Rui Ren
蕤仁 유인 · Prinsepia Seed

10 g
Chief 君

2 don 5 pun
Yongnoe Long Nao
龍腦 용뇌 · Borneol

4 g
Chief 君

1 don
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

—
Deputy 臣

seven kernels
Inyu Ren Ru
人乳 인유 · Human Milk

—
Envoy 使

breast milk

Total 14 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.

Actions 效能

Treats a child's foetal wind with the lids red and raw

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Child's foetal wind with raw red lids

Biomedical correlates

Neonatal blepharitis
Ophthalmia neonatorum

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治小兒胎風赤爛. 龍腦一錢, 蕤仁泥二錢半, 杏仁七箇爲泥. 右入人乳, 硏爲膏, 點之. 《醫林》

Translation

Treats a child's foetal wind with the lids red and raw. Borneol 1 don; prinsepia seed worked to a paste 2 don 5 pun; seven apricot kernels worked to a paste. Grind them with breast milk into a paste and dot it on. — Uirim 醫林 (Donguibegam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Three ingredients and breast milk, for a newborn's inflamed lids — the gentlest preparation in the section and the one meant for the youngest patient. No mineral in it at all, which in this chapter is itself a decision. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.