Somok
Sappan Wood · Sappan Lignum
한글 소목 · Pinyin Su Mu
蘇木
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Sweet, salty · neutral
- Channels entered
- Heart, Liver, Spleen
- Actions
- Invigorates Blood and dispels stasis, reduces traumatic swelling and pain
- Typical dose
- 3–9 g
- Caution
- Avoid in pregnancy
Appears in 7 formulas 處方
- Angelica Tails Powder當歸鬚散 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Angelica and Curcuma Break the Concretion Decoction歸朮破癥湯 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Free the Menses Four Substances Decoction通經四物湯 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Peach Kernel Decoction桃仁湯 20 g · Chief 君
- Break the Blood and Disperse the Pain Decoction破血散疼湯 6 g · Assistant 佐
- Earthworm Powder地龍散 2.4 g · Assistant 佐
- Fluorite Powder石英散 12 g · Assistant 佐