Formulas · Stabilize & Astringe 固澀 · Jonghaeng (種杏)

External Dyeing Black Cloud Paste

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外染烏雲膏

Composition 構成

Obaeja Wu Bei Zi
五倍子 오배자 · Chinese Gall

18.75 g
Chief 君 processed as in Bijeonosu-bang
Hongdongmal Hong Tong Mo
紅銅末 홍동말 · Copper Powder (toxic)

7.5 g
Deputy 臣 TOXIC — processed as in Bijeonosu-bang
Molseokja Mo Shi Zi
沒石子 몰석자 · Aleppo Gall

7.5 g
Assistant 佐 2 pieces, flour-fried yellow
Baekban Bai Fan
白礬 백반 · Alum

5.6 g
Assistant 佐
Baegyeom Bai Yan
白鹽 백염 · White Salt

5.6 g
Assistant 佐

Total 45 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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

Dyes the beard and hair black
Simplified version of the four-part method

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

White beard and hair

Biomedical correlates

Hair greying — cosmetic dyeing

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

五倍子(製) 五錢, 銅末(製) 二錢, 白礬ㆍ白鹽各一錢半, 沒石子二箇(麪炒黃色). 右爲末, 濃茶調, 重湯煮見黑色. 如上法用, 卽黑. 《種杏》

Translation

Processed Chinese gall 5 don, processed copper powder 2 don, alum and white salt 1.5 don each, Aleppo gall 2 pieces (fried yellow in flour). Powder the above, mix with strong tea, and boil in a double boiler until a black colour appears. Use as in the method above, and it blackens. — Jonghaeng 種杏 (Donguibogam · Mobal)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The same chemistry as Bijeonosu-bang reduced to five ingredients, with the application protocol borrowed by reference rather than restated. The tea is not incidental — it adds further tannin to the mixture. Copper is again the mordant and again the reason the preparation is unusable; recorded as documented. The Jonghaeng Seonbang (種杏仙方) is a Ming popular formulary, and its appearance here marks this as a household technique rather than a physician's prescription. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.