청신환의 현미감정 연구

Microscopic Identification of the 'Chung Shin Whan'

'Chung Shin Whan(靑神丸)' is a Chinese patent medicine, which has been used for stomachic disorder, acute and chronic indigestion, dyspepsia, vomiting and diarrhea in Korea. This medicine consists of 14 kinds of powdery mixtures, microscopic method be used advantageously as it requires only a small amount of specimens. In this paper, the effectiveness of this method is exemplified by the identification of the ingredients in "Chung Shin Whan' which contains 14 powdered crude drug ingredients.