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(From *Jin Gui Yao Lue*) Treats Lung Abscess (Fei Yong), characterized by coughing with qi rebellion, frequent expectoration of turbid phlegm, and the inability to lie flat for sleep. (The lung is the canopy of the five zang organs, located in the chest, governing qi, and its condition reflects on the skin and hair. Labor and injury damage blood and qi, causing the interstices (cou li) to become deficient, allowing wind pathogens to invade. Internal injury to the lung results in sweating, aversion to wind, coughing, shortness of breath, nasal congestion, neck stiffness, and chest fullness. If these symptoms persist without cure, it becomes Lung Flaccidity Syndrome (Fei Fei). Wind damages the skin and hair, heat damages the blood vessels; when wind and heat contend, qi and blood stagnate and accumulate in the lung, forming Lung Abscess (Fei Yong). Frequent expectoration of saliva and foam without pus indicates Lung Flaccidity Syndrome. Dry mouth, panting and fullness, dry throat with thirst, slight swelling of the four limbs, coughing up pus and blood, and dull pain in the chest indicate Lung Abscess. Lung Flaccidity is caused by deficiency of healthy qi, while Lung Abscess is caused by excess of pathogenic factors.)

Gleditsiae Fructus (Zao Jia) [Scrape off the skin and lateral ridges, roast with su (animal fat)]. Grind into powder, make pills with honey, and take three pills mixed with date paste decoction.

Yu Jiayan stated: The toxicity of fire-heat accumulates in the lung. Methods such as releasing the exterior, purging the interior, warming, or clearing have all failed. For this hard-to-treat condition that resists conventional therapy, administer this pill.

Add Trisynum Pulvis (Ge Fen), mix in equal parts with Zao Jia, grind into powder, named Zao Ge Wan. Take two qian each time, washed down with wine. Treats women suffering from milk abscess (Nai Yong) caused by wind pathogens lodging in the breast. (This medicine treats coughing up pus, blood in sputum, or dull pain in the chest and diaphragm, indicating impending Lung Abscess. This formula is the first choice. This is Gekko Tang modified.)

Platycodonis Radix (Jie Geng), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xing Ren), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) [1 qian], Coagulum Sanguis Bovis (E Jiao), Ophiopogonis Radix (Mai Dong), Lilii Bulbus (Bai He), Lonicerae Japonicae Flos (Jin Yin Hua), Prunellae Spica (Xia Ku Cao), Forsythiae Fructus (Lian Qiao) [2 qian], Fritilliriae Cirrhosae Bulbus (Bei Mu), Sargentodoxae Caulis (Hong Teng).

Whenever Intestinal Abscess (Chang Yong) occurs in the corner of the lower abdomen, presenting with slight swelling and unceasing dull pain in the lower abdomen, if the toxic qi does not dissipate but gradually enlarges and attacks inward leading to rupture, it becomes critical. One should immediately treat it with this medicine.

First, use about one liang of Hong Teng, decocted in two bowls of good wine until reduced to one bowl. Take one dose before noon, then sleep drunk for one shichen (two hours). In the afternoon, use about one liang of Viola Yedoensis Herba (Zi Hua Di Ding), also decocted.

Mantis Ootheca (Chan Tui), Bombyx Batryticatus (Jiang Can) [1 qian], Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Dang Gui), Gecko (Tian Long), Rheomi Radix et Rhizoma (Da Huang), Scorpio (Shi Xie), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) [5 qian], Old Spider (two specimens. Catch them and place them on a new tile, roast over fire).