Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)
The August Emperor's Formula for Gilding the Countenance
Hwangje Toyong Geummyeon Bang
한글 황제도용금면방 · Pinyin Huang Di Tu Rong Jin Mian Fang
The transcription heads this formula 皇帝塗容金面方, with 皇 for 黃, and writes 官錢 for 官粉 in the body; 官錢, official coin, is not a medicinal, and 官粉, ceruse, is read here. The transcription also writes 乾胭脂 for 乾臙脂.
Composition 構成
- Jusa朱砂 주사 · Cinnabar (toxic)8 g
Chief 君2 don · toxic
- Hobun胡粉 호분 · White Lead (toxic)12 g
Deputy 臣官粉, 3 don · toxic
- Yeonji臙脂 연지 · Rouge (safflower pigment)4 g
Deputy 臣乾臙脂, dried rouge
- Yongnoe龍腦 용뇌 · Borneol20 g
Assistant 佐小腦, 5 don
- Omae烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum—
Assistant 佐the flesh of 5
- Cheongung川芎 천궁 · Cnidium—
Assistant 佐a little
Total 44 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.
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Actions 效能
- Applied at bedtime
- washed off at dawn
- to make the face fair as a child's
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- A dull complexion
Biomedical correlates
- Cosmetic use — external
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
朱砂 二錢, 乾臙脂 一錢, 官粉 三錢, 烏梅肉 五箇, 小腦 五錢, 川芎少許. 右爲細末, 臨睡時津唾調搽面上, 天明溫水洗面, 美如童顔, 乃神仙妙用之法. 《醫鑑》
Translation
Cinnabar 2 don; dried rouge 1 don; ceruse 3 don; the flesh of five mume; borneol 5 don; a little chuanxiong. Powder finely, mix with saliva at bedtime and rub on the face, washing it off with warm water at dawn — fair as a child's face; a method of the divine immortals' subtle use. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Myeon)