夫妇人乳痈者。由乳肿。结皮薄以泽。是痈也。足阳明之经脉。从缺盆下于乳。若劳伤
血气
年
痈
脏
治妇人乳痈。 肿疼痛。大黄散方。
川大黄（一两锉碎微炒） 川楝子（一两） 赤芍药（一两） 马蹄（一两烧灰） 玄
参（一两）
蒲
上件药。捣细罗为散。每服一钱。以温酒调下。日三服。汗出瘥。
治妇人妒乳生痈方。
露蜂房（一两微炙） 猪甲中土（一两） 车辙中土（一两）
上件药。研为细散。以醋和涂之良。
又方。
川大黄（一分锉） 鼠粪（一分湿者） 黄连（一分去须）
上件药。捣细罗为散。入鼠粪更捣令匀。以黍米粥清和调。敷乳四边痛上。即愈。如无
黍米
治妇人乳痈。毒瓦斯不散方。
冬瓜皮（研取汁） 当归（半两末）
上件药。以冬瓜汁调涂之。以瘥为度。
治妇人乳汁不下。内结成肿。名为乳毒。乃急于痈也。宜服此方。
川大黄（二两锉碎微炒） 黄连（三两去须） 牛蒡子（一两）
上件药。捣粗罗为散。每服三钱。以水一中盏。
煎至六分。去滓。不计时候温服。
又方。
蛇蜕皮（一两烧灰） 赤小豆（一两）
上件药。捣细罗为散。用鸡子白调涂乳上。干即再涂。
治妇人勒乳后疼闷。乳结成痈方。
上捣益母草。细罗为末。以新汲水调涂于奶上。以物抹之。一宿自瘥。生者捣烂用之。
治妇人乳痈。疼痛。寒热至甚。宜用此方。
上取蔓菁根并叶。净择去土。勿洗。以盐捣贴奶上。频换。不过三五度瘥。若是野生者
妙。
又方。
上取錾下马蹄。烧为灰。细研。以酥调涂绯帛上贴。日二换之。
治妇人乳痈。身体壮热。疼痛不可忍方。
上取蒲公英并根。捣绞取汁半合。酒和服之。如无新者。用干者捣细罗为散。每服。温
酒调
治妇人乳痈并吹奶。疼痛不止方。
虾蟆（一枚五月五日收阴干者）
上以罐子盛。烧令赤。候冷取出。细研为散。每服。以热酒调下二钱。
治妇人乳痈遍毒方。
上取生人牙齿烧灰。细研。酥调涂神验。
治妇人乳痈。热毒肿痛方。
上取青牛腹下毛。烧作灰。细研。水和服之。立效。
治妇人乳痈不消方。
上用白面半斤。炒令黄色。用醋煮为糊。涂于乳上即消。
又方。
鹿角屑（一两炒微黄）
上捣细罗为散。以猪胆汁调一钱服。不过再服。神验。以醋浆水服之亦得。
又方。
嫩皂荚刺（二两黄色煮微炒）
上捣细罗为散。以温酒调下二钱。立瘥。
治妇人乳痈。汁不出。积穑内结。因成脓肿。一名妨乳方。
露蜂房（一分微炙）
上以水二大盏。煮取一盏。去滓。细细服之。当日令尽。
Women suffering from breast carbuncle (acute purulent infection of the breast) present with breast swelling, where the skin becomes thin and lustrous; this is a carbuncle. The Foot-Yangming Stomach meridian descends from the Quepen point (ST12) to the breast. If labor and fatigue damage the Qi and Blood, leading to dysfunction of the Zang organs, this disease arises.
Da Huang San (Rhubarb Powder) for treating women's breast carbuncle with swollen and painful breasts:
Chuan Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang, crushed and slightly stir-fried), Chuan Lian Zi (Meliae Fructus, 1 liang), Chi Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, 1 liang), Ma Ti (Ash of Equi Calcar, 1 liang, calcined to ash), Xuan Shen (Scrophulariae Radix, 1 liang).
Crush the above ingredients, sift through a fine sieve to make a powder. Take 1 qian per dose, mixed with warm wine. Administer three times daily. Recovery occurs when sweating ensues.
Formula for treating "Du Ru" (milk stagnation) causing carbuncle in women:
Lu Feng Fang (Cella Vespae, 1 liang, slightly roasted), Zhu Jia Zhong Tu (Earth inside pig armor, 1 liang), Che Zhe Zhong Tu (Earth from cart ruts, 1 liang).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with vinegar and apply topically for good effect.
Another formula:
Chuan Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 1 fen, crushed), Shu Fen (Mouse feces, 1 fen, moist), Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma, 1 fen, remove roots).
Crush the above ingredients, sift through a fine sieve. Add mouse feces and grind evenly. Mix with the clear liquid from millet porridge and apply to the painful areas around the breast. It will heal immediately. If millet is unavailable...
Formula for treating women's breast carbuncle where toxic heat does not disperse:
Dong Gua Pi (Exocarpis Citri Grandis, ground to extract juice), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 0.5 liang, powdered).
Mix the above ingredients with winter melon peel juice and apply topically. Continue until healed.
For women whose milk fails to flow, condensing internally into a swelling named "Ru Du" (Breast Toxicity), which is more urgent than a carbuncle, this formula is suitable:
Chuan Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 2 liang, crushed and slightly stir-fried), Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma, 3 liang, remove roots), Niu Bang Zi (Arctii Fructus, 1 liang).
Coarsely crush the above ingredients and sift. Take 3 qian per dose. Decoct with one zhong of water until reduced to 0.6 zhong. Strain and take warm at any time.
Another formula:
She Tui Pi (Ophichthys Skin, 1 liang, calcined to ash), Chi Xiao Dou (Vigna Semen Rubrum, 1 liang).
Crush the above ingredients, sift through a fine sieve. Mix with egg white and apply to the breast. Reapply when dry.
Formula for treating pain and chest oppression after forcibly stopping lactation ("Le Ru"), resulting in a breast carbuncle:
Crush Yi Mu Cao (Leonuri Herba), sift into powder. Mix with fresh well water and apply to the breast. Cover with material. It heals naturally overnight. Use fresh herbs, crushed.
Formula for treating women's breast carbuncle with severe pain and intense chills and fever:
Select Turnip root (Brassicae Napus Radix) and leaves. Cleanly remove soil without washing. Pound with salt and apply to the breast. Change frequently. It heals within three to five applications. Wild varieties are superior.
Another formula:
Collect iron filings from horse bits, calcine to ash, and grind finely. Mix with butter (Su) and apply on red cloth as a patch. Change twice daily.
Formula for treating women's breast carbuncle with high fever and unbearable pain:
Select Pu Gong Ying (Taraxaci Herba) and roots. Crush and squeeze to obtain half he of juice. Mix with wine and drink. If fresh herbs are unavailable, use dried ones, crush and sift. Take 1 dose, mixed with warm wine.
Formula for treating women's breast carbuncle and "Chui Nai" (breast inflammation due to infant sucking) with unceasing pain:
Xia Wa (Bufo bufo gargarizans, 1 specimen, collected on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month and shade-dried).
Place in a jar, burn until red hot. Cool, remove, and grind finely into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with hot wine.
Formula for treating widespread toxicity in women's breast carbuncle:
Burn human teeth to ash, grind finely. Mix with butter and apply topically; highly effective.
Formula for treating women's breast carbuncle with heat-toxic swelling and pain:
Collect hair from the belly of a green cow, burn to ash, grind finely. Mix with water and drink; immediate effect.
Formula for treating persistent women's breast carbuncle that does not resolve:
Use 0.5 jin of white flour, stir-fry until yellow. Boil with vinegar to form a paste. Apply to the breast to dissipate the swelling.
Another formula:
Lu Jiao Xie (Cornu Cervi Deglutium, 1 liang, stir-fried until slightly yellow).
Crush and sift into powder. Mix 1 qian with pig bile and take orally. Not more than two doses; highly effective. Taking with vinegar-water is also acceptable.
Another formula:
Nen Zao Jia Ci (Gleditsiae Spina, 2 liang, boiled until yellow and slightly stir-fried).
Crush and sift into powder. Take 2 qian mixed with warm wine; immediate recovery.
Formula for treating women's breast carbuncle where milk does not exit, accumulating internally to form an abscess, also known as "Fang Ru":
Lu Feng Fang (Cella Vespae, 1 fen, slightly roasted).
Decoct with two large zhong of water until one zhong remains. Strain. Drink slowly, finishing it all on the same day.