万灵丹 蟾酥锭 太乙膏 玉红膏(俱见肿疡门)
十全大补汤 四物汤(俱见溃疡门)
五积散(见附骨疽门)
龙胆泻肝汤(见下疳门)
夫悬痈者,乃三阴亏损、湿热结聚而成。此穴在于谷道之前,阴器之后,又谓海底穴也。初生状如莲子,
少痒多痛,日久渐如桃李,赤肿 痛,欲溃为脓,破后轻则成漏,重则沥尽气血变为痨瘵不起者多矣。初起时
元气壮实,宜用九龙丹泻去病根;稍虚者内消沃雪汤利去湿热;亦有可消者,十中三、四。如十余日后,肿势
已成,不得内消,宜托里消毒散加山甲、皂角刺,服之自破。如肿高光亮,脓熟不破头者,用针急破之,秽脓
一出,其患易安。如脓出之后,朝以六味地黄丸、午以十全大补汤加牡丹皮、泽泻温补滋阴。又有浓味膏粱气
体壮实者,初服龙胆泻肝汤,溃服滋阴八味汤以清蕴热。体瘦房劳气血虚弱者,初服八珍汤加泽泻、制甘草,
溃后十全大补汤加牡丹皮、熟附子。脾弱者,补中益气汤以滋化源。日久成漏者,国老膏化汤吞服蜡矾丸。首
尾误服寒凉,损胃伤脾,冰凝气血,以致患孔渐开,秽脓不止者,亦定变成虚羸痨瘵,终为难愈。
初起如松子,渐大若梅李,红赤肿痛,光亮发热者轻。已成高肿作痛,根脚不散,皮薄易破,脓成胀痛者
易。已溃脓稠
而黄,气味不臭, 痛亦消,痛止作痒者顺。初起色紫坚硬,根脚漫肿,痛连臀膝,二便不利者重。已成肿如
黄瓜,紫斑腐烂,秽水无脓,痛甚气急者难。已溃秽脓不绝,疮口开张,肉不红活,虚热食少者逆。
Wanling Dan (Ten Thousand Spirits Pill), Chansu Ding (Toad Venom Tablet), Taiyi Gao (Great Unity Plaster), Yuhong Gao (Jade Red Plaster) (all recorded in the Chapter on Swollen Ulcers)
Shiquan Dabu Tang (Decoction for Ten Thousand Tonications), Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) (both recorded in the Chapter on Open Ulcers)
Wuji San (Five Accumulations Powder) (recorded in the Chapter on Bone-Deep Abscesses)
Longdan Xiegan Tang (Gentian Liver-Draining Decoction) (recorded in the Chapter on Chancre)
Xuan Yong (Hanging Abscess) is formed due to the deficiency of the three Yin meridians and the accumulation of damp-heat. This location is situated anterior to the anus and posterior to the genitalia, also known as the Haidi acupoint. Initially, it resembles a lotus seed, with slight itching and significant pain. Over time, it gradually enlarges like a peach or plum, becoming red, swollen, and painful, eventually suppurating. After rupture, mild cases may develop into fistulas, while severe cases may exhaust Qi and Blood, leading to consumptive diseases from which recovery is difficult. If the Yuan Qi (Original Qi) is robust at the onset, Jiulong Dan (Nine Dragons Pill) should be used to purge the root of the disease; if slightly deficient, Neixiao Woxue Tang (Internal Resolution Snow-Melting Decoction) should be used to drain damp-heat. Only three or four out of ten cases may resolve internally. If after more than ten days the swelling has established and cannot be resolved internally, Tuoli Xiaodu San (Interior-Supporting Toxin-Expelling Powder) added with Shan Jia (Pangolin Scale) and Zaojiao Ci (Gleditsia Spine) should be administered, which will naturally lead to rupture. If the swelling is high and bright, indicating mature pus but no head, it should be urgently lanced with a needle; once foul pus drains, the condition will easily stabilize. After pus drainage, Liuwei Dihuang Wan (Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill) should be taken in the morning, and Shiquan Dabu Tang (Decoction for Ten Thousand Tonications) added with Mudan Pi (Moutan Cortex) and Zexie (Alisma Rhizome) at noon to warm-tonify and nourish Yin. For those who consume rich foods and have robust constitutions, Longdan Xiegan Tang (Gentian Liver-Draining Decoction) should be taken initially, followed by Ziyin Bawei Tang (Yin-Nourishing Eight-Ingredient Decoction) after rupture to clear latent heat. For those who are thin, suffer from sexual exhaustion, and have deficient Qi and Blood, Bazhen Tang (Eight Treasures Decoction) added with Zexie (Alisma Rhizome) and Zhi Gancao (Prepared Licorice Root) should be taken initially, and Shiquan Dabu Tang (Decoction for Ten Thousand Tonications) added with Mudan Pi (Moutan Cortex) and Shu Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root) after rupture. For those with weak Spleen function, Buzhong Yiqi Tang (Middle-Warming Qi-Supporting Decoction) should be used to nourish the source of transformation. If a fistula forms over time, Guolao Gao (Old Man's Honey Paste) dissolved in decoction should be used to swallow Lafan Wan (Beeswax-Alum Pill). If cold-natured herbs are mistakenly administered throughout the course, damaging Stomach and Spleen Qi, causing Qi and Blood to congeal like ice, leading to an expanding wound and continuous foul discharge, the condition will inevitably transform into a wasting consumptive disease, making it difficult to cure ultimately.
If it begins like a pine nut and gradually enlarges to the size of a plum or apricot, with redness, swelling, pain, brightness, and fever, it is a mild case. If it has already formed high swelling with pain, a distinct base, thin skin prone to rupture, and distending pain upon pus formation, it is an easy-to-treat case. If it has ruptured with thick yellow pus, odorless, with pain subsiding and itching appearing, it is a favorable progression. If it begins with purple hardness, diffuse swelling at the base, pain radiating to the buttocks and knees, and difficulty in urination and defecation, it is a severe case. If it has formed swelling like a cucumber, with purple spots and rotting, discharging foul fluid without pus, accompanied by severe pain and rapid breathing, it is a difficult case. If it has ruptured with continuous foul pus, an open wound, flesh that is not red and vibrant, accompanied by deficiency-heat and poor appetite, it is an adverse progression.