Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Uihak Gangmok (醫學綱目)
Frankincense Powder for Red Mouth Sores
Yuhyang-san
한글 유향산 (적구창) · Pinyin Ru Xiang San
乳香散
Composition 構成
- Yuhyang乳香 유향 · Frankincense4 g
Chief 君 - Molyak沒藥 몰약 · Myrrh4 g
Chief 君 - Baekban白礬 백반 · Alum2 g
Deputy 臣5 pun
- Dongnok銅綠 동록 · Verdigris—
Assistant 佐a little · toxic
Total 10 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 red mouth sores — applied to the sore
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Red mouth sores
Biomedical correlates
- Aphthous stomatitis — external use
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治赤口瘡. 乳香ㆍ沒藥 各一錢, 白礬 半錢, 銅綠少許. 右爲末, 敷之. 《綱目》
Translation
Treats red mouth sores. Frankincense and myrrh 1 don each; alum 5 pun; a little verdigris. Powder them and apply. — Uihak Gangmok 綱目 (Donguibogam · Guseol)
Clinical commentary 臨床
3.32 divides mouth sores by colour — red and white — and gives a powder for each; this is the red one and Molyak-san the white.
**Contains verdigris (copper acetate), which is toxic. For external use only.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.