水一中盏。煎至六分。去滓。入竹沥半合。不计时温服。以利一两行为度。
黄芩散 治大热发痈在背。或于阴股间。
黄芩（锉） 黄 （锉） 木通（锉） 前胡（去芦头） 川升麻（各一两半） 栝蒌
根（二两）
赤芍药（一两） 赤茯苓（一两） 甘草（一两生锉） 当归（半两） 川大黄（二两锉碎
微炒） 人
参（半两去芦头） 上为散。每服四钱。水一中盏。入竹叶二七片。小麦一百粒。生地黄一
分。
煎至六分。去滓。不计时候温服。
麦门冬汤 治发背痈。已服利汤。后服此。
麦门冬（去心焙） 黄 （锉） 芍药 生干地黄（各一两） 前胡（去芦头） 黄芩
（去黑心）
升麻 远志（去心） 栝蒌（去皮各三分） 当归（半两） 小麦（一合） 上粗捣筛。每
服五钱。
水一盏半。枣二枚擘破。生姜一片拍碎。竹叶二七片。同煎至八分。去滓。空心温服。日晚
再服。
连翘散 治积热毒瓦斯攻腑脏。出于皮肤。为发背痈肿。
连翘 沉香 玄参 川升麻 桑根白皮（锉） 蓝子 露蜂房（微炙各一两） 川大黄
（锉
碎微炒） 犀角屑 寒水石（各二两） 川朴硝（二两） 上为散。每服四钱。水一中盏。
煎至
六分。去滓。不计时候温服。以长利为度。
黄 散 治发背热毒肿痛。四肢烦疼。
黄 （锉） 黄芩 远志（去心） 麦门冬（去心各一两） 生干地黄 人参（去芦头）
芎
赤芍药 当归 犀角屑 甘草（生锉各半两） 上为散。每服四钱。水一中盏。煎至六分。
去
滓。不计时候温服。
大川乌丸（一名没药丸）治发背及活经络。五七日病渐退。合用此及二乌丸。
排脓生肌。
大川乌（生去皮尖） 当归（去芦酒浸） 赤芍药 木鳖子（去壳切炒） 苏木（锉炒）
川独
活（去芦） 羌活（去芦以上各二两） 五灵脂（淘去砂土微炒用） 乳香 没药（并别研）
穿山
甲（蚌粉炒以上各一两） 上为细末。酒煮面糊丸。如梧桐子大。空心温酒下三十丸。
桔梗散（一名木占斯散）治发背痈肿消脓。及妇人发乳并肠痈。
桔梗（去芦头炒） 木占斯 防风（去叉） 甘草（炙锉） 败酱 浓朴（去粗皮姜汁
炒） 人
参细辛（去苗叶） 桂（去粗皮） 干姜（炮各一两） 上为散。每服二钱。空心温酒调
下。日
三。以瘥为度。一方有栝蒌无桂。如入咽觉流入疮中。若痈疽灸不发坏者可服之。疮未坏去
败酱。此药或时有脓痈令成水者。病在上常吐。在下常脓血。此谓肠痈。若疮已脓便愈。发
背无有不疗。
犀角汤 治初发背上似琴弦。抽痛有头。
犀角（镑） 人参 黄芩（去黑心） 山栀子仁 木通（锉） 连翘 升麻 芍药（各
三分）
甘草（炙锉） 大黄（锉炒各半两） 上粗捣筛。每服五钱。水一盏半。煎至八分。去滓。
空心
温服。日晚再服。
前胡散 治发背及诸疮肿疼痛。
前胡（去芦头） 麦门冬（去心） 川升麻 黄芩 知母 甘草（锉生用） 川大黄（锉
碎微
炒） 赤芍药 当归（各一两） 黄 （一两半锉） 上为粗散。每服四钱。水一中盏。入
竹叶
二七片。煎至六分。去滓。不计时候温服。
五香汤 去大黄。加人参黄 犀角汤。
人参（四钱去芦） 绵黄 （一两去芦） 犀角屑（二钱） 木香 沉香 乳香（别研）
丁香
（各半两） 粉草（四钱） 上为粗末。入麝香一钱。别研。每服四钱。水二盏。煎至一盏。
去滓。温服无时。兼服内托散、五香连翘汤、沉麝汤、五香汤四方。宜相间多服。药性平和。
自有宣热拔毒之意。仍诸香散气行血。免生变证。若见发热口燥。 热赤肿。六腑秘结。宜
服神仙追毒丸、漏芦汤。或孙真人单煮大黄汤。尽不妨也。若虑太峻。只服六味漏芦汤。以
次对证用药。万不失一。
虎牙散 治发背痈疽。
干姜（炮） 附子（炮制去皮脐） 虎牙 当归（切焙） 防风（去叉） 王不留行 甘
草（炙
锉） 桂（去粗皮） 白茯苓（去黑皮各一两） 上为散。每服三钱。米饮调下。一法忌海
藻、
菘菜、猪肉、冷水、生葱、醋物。
麦门冬散 治热毒瓦斯盛。背上发痈肿。渐觉牵痛。
麦门冬（去心） 当归 玄参（各一两） 甘草（三分生锉） 赤芍药（三分） 生干
地黄（一
两半） 蓝叶 地骨皮 犀角屑（各三分） 上为散。每服四钱。水一盏。煎至六分。去滓。
不计时候温服。
升麻散 治发背疼痛。身体壮热。心腹烦闷。
川升麻（一两半） 沉香（三分） 藿香（半两） 木香（半两） 甘草（一两生锉） 葛
根（一
两半锉） 麦门冬（一两去心） 黄芩（一两） 赤芍药（一两） 上为散。每服四钱。水
一中盏。
煎至六分。去滓。不计时候温服。
漏芦散 治发背肿痛烦闷。
漏芦 白蔹 黄芩 白薇 赤芍药 甘草（生锉） 枳实（麸炒微黄） 麻黄（去根节
各一
两） 川大黄（一两半锉碎微炒） 上为散。每服四钱。水一中盏。煎至六分。去滓。不计
时
候温服。
射干汤 治初发背上似琴弦。抽痛有头。
射干 犀角（镑） 升麻 玄参 黄芩（去黑心） 麦门冬（去心焙） 大黄（锉炒各
一两）
山栀子仁（半两） 上粗捣筛。每服五钱。水一盏半。淡竹叶二七片。煎至八分。入芒硝末
一
钱。去滓。空心温服。快利两三行为度。未利再服。
止痛药 治发背热盛。速用此药。
金樱桃根洗去粗皮。锉捣一盏。生甘草半两同杵。用水三碗。煎至一碗。去滓。旋入银
盏内。温服。取尽一盏。又入童子小便一碗。煎至八分。去滓。旋入银盏内温服取尽。如心
中觉逆。食少白梅则止。次服后药。
大黄（生） 甘草（生各一两） 麝香（研一字） 木香（一分） 丹砂（研一钱） 鬼
腰带根
（洗锉） 金樱根（洗锉各半碗） 上都用水五碗。煎至两碗半。入酒一碗半。更煎至一碗。
去滓。旋入银盏内。温服令尽。取下恶物。如觉瘥。即去甘草、大黄。余药根据前分两。入水
四碗。煎至两碗。入酒一碗。更煎至一碗。去滓。旋入银盏内。温服令尽。如未瘥。更根据前
方合一料服之。无有不瘥者。若疮已破。用生肌膏药贴。及掺后药敛疮口。
龙骨散
龙骨（ 赤地上去火毒研） 赤芍药（为末各半两） 铅丹（一分） 胡粉（半钱） 上
同研匀
细。先以葱汤洗疮。后拭干。以药掺之。
神金膏 治发背疮。
白芨 密陀僧（研） 甘草 黄柏（去粗皮） 黄连（去须） 腻粉（各半两） 麝香
（研一字）
上研为细末。用津唾调成膏。以无灰白薄纸。看疮大小。涂纸上贴之。无力即换。
五倍子散 治发背。生肌肉止痛。
五倍子 地龙（去土） 黄连（去须） 乳香（研各一分） 木香（半钱） 密陀僧 槟
榔（锉
各一钱） 上为散。每用少许。干贴疮上。
治发背、发鬓、乳痈。及诸毒肿神方。
黄连（去须） 蛇床子 乳香（别捣各一两） 杏仁（三七枚去皮尖双仁炒研） 蔓荆
子盐
花（各一撮） 人粪尖（少许） 上捣和作饼子。浓如五钱。粗布摊贴之。每日三四度易。
夜亦
然。每易时以甘草汤洗药。便撮作头。如已穴及脓水亦贴。肌生脓自出。
治痈疽发背。及发乳方。
吴茱萸一升捣之。以苦酒和。贴痈上。
治发背欲死。
以芭蕉捣根，涂上。
治背上疮。弥验。
以针挑四畔。白僵蚕为散。水和。敷之即拔出根。
野狼毒膏 治发背疮如葡萄。破后。疮孔无数。
野狼毒 蓝根 龙胆（各半两） 定风草（一两） 乳香（一钱） 水银粉（炒一钱匕） 上
为
末。蜜调成膏。摊帛上贴疮。
蓝根膏 治背痈如 底。又如蒲扇。疼痛不止。
板蓝根 黄芩（去黑心） 黄连（去须） 大黄（各一两） 白芨（一分） 乳香（半
两） 上为
末。用新汲水调成膏。量大小贴之。日四夜二。
金花散 治发背热毒结聚。 赤疼痛。消肿解毒。
雄黄（研细三分） 黄连（九节者半两） 槟榔（锉） 麝香（各一分） 郁金 大黄
（各半两）
上为散。入麝香、雄黄同研匀细。每取生油调如糊。涂患处。日二上即瘥。
沉香散 治发背肿如杏。或如鸡子者。
沉香（一两） 麦门冬（一两去心） 木香（一两） 川升麻（一两） 麻黄（二两去
根节） 川
大黄（一两） 上为散。每服四钱。水一中盏。煎至六分。去滓温服。不计时候。
治背疽
麻黄（去节） 甘草 陈皮（各四钱） 没药 木香 乳香（各二钱） 上为细末。每
服四
钱。葱白同煎。上搭手食前。下搭手食后。先用别药推。脏腑如利者。不必推。极妙。如推
可用当归连翘散。
木香散 治发背肿毒如杏。烦热疼痛。
木香（一两） 地骨皮 玄参（各二两） 甘草（一两生锉） 川升麻（二两） 川大
黄（一两
锉碎微炒） 上为散。每服四钱。水一中盏。煎至六分。不计时候温服。
大黄散 治发背初欲作肿宜服。
川大黄（一两锉碎微炒） 栀子仁（一两） 川升麻（一两） 黄芩（一两） 甘草（一
两炙锉）
玄参（一两） 上为散。每服四钱。水一中盏。煎至六分。去滓温服。不计时候。一方不用
玄
参。得快下数行便止。不下则更服。
黄 散 治发背赤肿发热疼痛。脓不出。
黄 （一两锉） 赤小豆（一分炒熟） 赤芍药（半两） 白蔹（三分） 芎 （三分）
栝蒌根
（三分） 上为细散。不计时候。以温水调下二钱。
悬蒌散 治发背恶疮。
悬蒌（一个） 大黄 金银花 皂角刺（各一两） 当归（半两） 上锉碎。用酒一碗。
煎至
七分。去滓温服。如有头者。加黍粘子。
栝蒌散 内消恶肉。生好肉。
黄 （四两锉） 皂角刺（八两红者拍碎锉） 甘草（六两） 牛膝（二两） 黄栝蒌
（十个锉）
上用蜜一斤。旋入铛内。炒至紫色。见风吹脆为末。有粗、再炒为末。酒调下二钱。此方七
里道人张元甫。用之如神。元甫当时秘藏此方。人莫传者。余少时目击其事。后凡三十年。
始得之于章明叔。盖其徒云。
当归连翘散。
连翘 当归 大黄 芍药 栀子 鹭 藤（各半两） 上为粗末。每服五七钱。水一大
盏。
生姜五七片。同煎至七分。去滓温服。量力减。热者加一利之。
秘方 治发背已溃未溃者。最有神效。
浓朴（二钱姜汁制） 陈皮（三钱去白） 苍术（五钱米泔浸） 甘草（二钱炙） 上
入桑黄菰
五钱。同为末。疮溃则干掺之。未溃则油调涂之。
救生膏 治一切发背。
密陀僧（碎炒） 黄柏旁根（金州浓者用黄蜡一弹子大火炙涂尽为度各二两） 乌贼鱼
骨
（白者去甲半两以上三味捣研极细） 腻粉（半钱） 上和匀。每用新汲水调。摊纸上。先
令患
人口温酸浆水洗疮。然后贴。每日一换。
化毒散 治发背痈疮。
白矾灰（研） 铅丹（研） 密陀僧（研） 木鳖子仁（各一两） 上同入瓷盒 赤。
放冷地
上。纸衬盆盖一时辰。细研。以菜子油调贴。其冷如冰。
治发背及诸恶疮
取石如鹅卵大。猛火烧令赤。内醋中十余度。至石碎尽。取屑曝干。和醋涂肿上。
治发背
掘地为孔。一头旁通取风。以穴大小可肿处仰卧地上。令痈入穴孔中吸之。作三五个觉
热即易。
还魂丸 治发背痈疽。一切肿脓。
腻粉 水银 硫黄（各一分同研） 巴豆仁（四十粒） 上将巴豆单覆铫底。以三物按
上。
巴豆令平。以瓷盏盖之。四面湿纸搭合。勿令气泄。炭火四面缓烧之。时于水中蘸铫底。少
顷又烧又蘸。其盏上底内。滴水一点如大豆。干则复滴。以三滴干为度。候冷研。陈米饭丸
作二三十丸。每服一丸。熟水吞下。疏下恶物。以白粥补之。此药一丸活一人。曾无失者。
才取下实时不痛。其疮亦干。
发背疔疮。蛇伤虎咬。
京墨 白梅肉 生姜 猪胆 上为末。绕疮围之。
疗发背。及一切毒肿方。
生麻油（六合） 黄丹（二大两半） 生栗子（四十九枚取大小中者熬焦去皮碎绢筛） 地
胆
（二钱捣碎筛） 上和。于铜器中盛。用炭火重汤煎。候沫溢出。与器口欲平。取小麦一合。
分二人嚼。取筋急纳药中。搅使与相和膏。擎下安铜器冷水中。成膏讫。以故帛涂膏。贴所
苦处。晨夕换膏。
治发背
蜗牛（七十个） 独蒜（二十五个用竹刀子排开） 绿豆粉（半斤） 藜芦（半两） 上
先将蜗
牛入锅内。炒涎出。次下蒜令干。后下豆粉、藜芦为细末。如用。浆水津调涂患处。疔疮亦
可用此药治之。
治背疮方
丁香 地丁香 小蓟 蚕砂 上等分为细末。用醋调。敷病处。
Take one zhǎn (measure) of water, decoct until reduced to six-tenths, remove the dregs, add half a hé (measure) of bamboo sap, and take warm at any time. The degree is determined by having one or two bowel movements.
Huangqi San (Astragalus Powder): Treats carbuncles on the back caused by excessive heat, or in the groin area.
Ingredients: Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix, crushed), Huangqi (Astragali Radix, crushed), Mutong (Akebiae Caulis, crushed), Qianhu (Peucedani Radix, removed radicle), Chuan Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma, each 1.5 liang), Gualugen (Trichosanthis Radix, 2 liang), Chi Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, 1 liang), Chi Fuling (Poria with Red Hosta Root, 1 liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang, raw and crushed), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 0.5 liang), Chuan Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 2 liang, crushed and lightly stir-fried), Renshen (Ginseng Radix, 0.5 liang, removed radicle).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a powder. Take 4 qian per dose. Add one zhǎn of water, fourteen leaves of Zhuye (Bambusa Leaves), 100 grains of Xiaomai (Triticum aestivum), and one fen of Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix). Decoct until reduced to six-tenths, remove the dregs, and take warm at any time.
Mendong Tang (Ophiopogon Decoction): Treats carbuncles on the back. Administer this after taking purgative decoctions.
Ingredients: Mendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed and roasted), Huangqi (Astragali Radix, crushed), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Sheng Gan Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata, each 1 liang), Qianhu (Peucedani Radix, removed radicle), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix, removed black heart), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, heart removed), Gualou (Trichosanthis Fructus, skin removed, each 3 fen), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 0.5 liang), Xiaomai (Triticum aestivum, 1 he).
Preparation and Administration: Coarsely crush and sieve the above ingredients. Take 5 qian per dose. Add one and a half zhǎn of water, two dates split open, one slice of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Freshum) smashed, and fourteen leaves of Zhuye (Bambusa Leaves). Decoct until reduced to eight-tenths, remove the dregs, and take warm on an empty stomach. Take again in the evening.
Lianqiao San (Forsythia Powder): Treats accumulated heat and toxic qi attacking the zang-fu organs and emerging in the skin, forming carbuncles on the back.
Ingredients: Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus), Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum), Xuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix), Chuan Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Sanggen Baipi (Mori Cortex, crushed), Lanzi (Isatidis Folium/Fructus context dependent, here likely Isatis seed/leaf product), Lu Fengfang (Vespa Nidus, lightly roasted, each 1 liang), Chuan Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, crushed and lightly stir-fried), Xijiaoxie (Rhinocerotis Cornu, shaved), Hanshuishi (Calcitrum, each 2 liang), Chuan Puxiao (Natrii Sulfas, 2 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a powder. Take 4 qian per dose. Add one zhǎn of water, decoct until reduced to six-tenths, remove the dregs, and take warm at any time. The degree is determined by continuous diarrhea.
Huangqi San (Astragalus Powder): Treats carbuncles on the back with heat-toxic swelling and pain, and irritability/pain in the four limbs.
Ingredients: Huangqi (Astragali Radix, crushed), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, heart removed), Mendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed, each 1 liang), Sheng Gan Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata), Renshen (Ginseng Radix, removed radicle), Xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Chi Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Xijiaoxie (Rhinocerotis Cornu, shaved), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, raw and crushed, each 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a powder. Take 4 qian per dose. Add one zhǎn of water, decoct until reduced to six-tenths, remove the dregs, and take warm at any time.
Da Chuanwu Wan (Large Aconite Pill, also known as Myrrh Pill): Treats carbuncles on the back and activates collaterals. After five to seven days when the disease begins to recede, combine this with Er Wu Wan to drain pus and generate flesh.
Ingredients: Da Chuanwu (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, raw, skin and tip removed), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, removed radicle, wine-soaked), Chi Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Mubiezi (Semen Momordicae, shell removed, sliced and fried), Sumu (Santalum Rubrum, crushed and fried), Chuan Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix, removed radicle), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, removed radicle, each 2 liang above), Wulingzhi (Trogopterori Faeces, washed to remove sand/soil and lightly fried), Ruxiang (Olibanum), Moyao (Myrrha, separately ground), Chuanshanjia (Manis Squama, fried with Bangle powder, each 1 liang above).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Make pills using flour paste boiled in wine, sized like wutong seeds. Take 30 pills warm with wine on an empty stomach.
Jiegeng San (Platycodon Powder, also known as Musisi Powder): Treats carbuncles on the back to dissipate pus, as well as breast abscesses in women and intestinal abscesses.
Ingredients: Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix, removed radicle and fried), Musisi (Saussureae Radix), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, removed forked root), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, roasted and crushed), Baijiangcao (Patriniae Herba), Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, rough bark removed, stir-fried with ginger juice), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma, removed stems/leaves), Gui (Cinnamomi Ramulus, rough bark removed), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Preparata, each 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a powder. Take 2 qian per dose, taken warm with wine on an empty stomach. Three times daily, until cured. Another version includes Gualou but excludes Gui. If the medicine feels like it flows into the sore upon swallowing, it can be taken for sores/ulcers that have been moxibustioned but not yet necrotic. For unbroken sores, remove Baijiangcao. This medicine may sometimes turn suppurating abscesses into fluid discharge. Disease in the upper part often causes vomiting; disease in the lower part often causes discharge of pus and blood, termed intestinal abscess. If pus has formed, it heals naturally. Carbuncles on the back are all treatable.
Xijiao Tang (Rhino Horn Decoction): Treats early-stage carbuncles on the back, feeling tight like a lute string, with pulling pain and a head (hard center).
Ingredients: Xijiao (Rhinocerotis Cornu, shaved), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix, removed black heart), Shanzhizi Ren (Gardeniae Semen, each 3 fen), Mutong (Akebiae Caulis, crushed), Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix, each 3 fen), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, roasted and crushed), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, crushed and fried, each 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Coarsely crush and sieve the above ingredients. Take 5 qian per dose. Add one and a half zhǎn of water, decoct until reduced to eight-tenths, remove the dregs, and take warm on an empty stomach. Take again in the evening.
Qianhu San (Peucedanum Powder): Treats carbuncles on the back and various swellings/pains.
Ingredients: Qianhu (Peucedani Radix, removed radicle), Mendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed), Chuan Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, raw and crushed), Chuan Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, crushed and lightly fried), Chi Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, each 1 liang), Huangqi (Astragali Radix, 1.5 liang, crushed).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take 4 qian per dose. Add one zhǎn of water and fourteen leaves of Zhuye (Bambusa Leaves). Decoct until reduced to six-tenths, remove the dregs, and take warm at any time.
Wuxiang Tang (Five Fragrances Decoction): Based on Dahuang San but removing Dahuang, adding Renshen and Huangqi, referencing Xijiao Tang modifications.
Ingredients: Renshen (Ginseng Radix, 4 qian, removed radicle), Mian Huangqi (Astragali Radix, 1 liang, removed radicle), Xijiaoxie (Rhinocerotis Cornu, shaved, 2 qian), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum), Ruxiang (Olibanum, separately ground), Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos, each 0.5 liang), Fencao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 4 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Add 1 qian of Shexiang (Moschus, separately ground). Take 4 qian per dose. Add two zhǎn of water, decoct until reduced to one zhǎn, remove the dregs, and take warm at any time. It is recommended to concurrently take Neituo San, Wuxiang Lianqiao Tang, Chen She Tang, and Wuxiang Tang, alternating and taking frequently. The medicinal nature is mild, possessing the intent to vent heat and extract toxins. The fragrant medicines move qi and invigorate blood, preventing complications. If fever, dry mouth, damp-heat redness/swelling, or constipation of the six fu-organs occurs, take Shenxian Zhuidu Wan, Loulu Tang, or Sun Simiao's single Dahuang Decoction; all are acceptable. If concerned about excessive potency, only take Liuwei Loulu Tang, and medicate according to symptoms step-by-step for guaranteed success.
Huya San (Tiger Tooth Powder): Treats carbuncles on the back.
Ingredients: Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Preparata), Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, processed, skin and umbilicus removed), Huya (Tiger Tooth - *Note: Ethically/Legally restricted, historically used*), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, sliced and roasted), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, removed forked root), Wangbuliuxing (Vaccariae Semen), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, roasted and crushed), Gui (Cinnamomi Ramulus, rough bark removed), Bai Fuling (Poria with White Hosta Root, black skin removed, each 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a powder. Take 3 qian per dose, mixed with rice drink. Another method advises avoiding Haizao (Sargassum), Songcai (Chinese Cabbage), pork, cold water, raw scallions, and vinegar products.
Mendong San (Ophiopogon Powder): Treats excessive heat-toxic qi, causing carbuncles on the back with gradual pulling pain.
Ingredients: Mendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Xuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix, each 1 liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 3 fen, raw and crushed), Chi Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, 3 fen), Sheng Gan Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata, 1.5 liang), Lanye (Isatidis Folium), Digupi (Lycii Cortex), Xijiaoxie (Rhinocerotis Cornu, shaved, each 3 fen).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a powder. Take 4 qian per dose. Add one zhǎn of water, decoct until reduced to six-tenths, remove the dregs, and take warm at any time.
Shengma San (Cimicifuga Powder): Treats carbuncles on the back with pain, high fever, and irritability/stuffiness in the heart and abdomen.
Ingredients: Chuan Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma, 1.5 liang), Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, 3 fen), Huoxiang (Agastaches Herba, 0.5 liang), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 0.5 liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang, raw and crushed), Gegen (Puerariae Radix, 1.5 liang, crushed), Mendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, 1 liang, heart removed), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix, 1 liang), Chi Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a powder. Take 4 qian per dose. Add one zhǎn of water, decoct until reduced to six-tenths, remove the dregs, and take warm at any time.
Loulu San (Euphrasia Powder): Treats carbuncles on the back with swelling, pain, and irritability.
Ingredients: Loulu (Euphorbiae Humifusae Herba), Bailian (Ampelopsis Radix), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Baiwei (Clehorneae Radix), Chi Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, raw and crushed), Zhishi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, bran-roasted slightly yellow), Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, removed roots/joints, each 1 liang), Chuan Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 1.5 liang, crushed and lightly fried).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a powder. Take 4 qian per dose. Add one zhǎn of water, decoct until reduced to six-tenths, remove the dregs, and take warm at any time.
Shegan Tang (Belamcanda Decoction): Treats early-stage carbuncles on the back, feeling tight like a lute string, with pulling pain and a hard center.
Ingredients: Shegan (Belamcandae Rhizoma), Xijiao (Rhinocerotis Cornu, shaved), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Xuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix, removed black heart), Mendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed and roasted), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, crushed and fried, each 1 liang), Shanzhizi Ren (Gardeniae Semen, 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Coarsely crush and sieve the above ingredients. Take 5 qian per dose. Add one and a half zhǎn of water and fourteen leaves of Dan Zhuye (Light Bamboo Leaves). Decoct until reduced to eight-tenths, add 1 qian of Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas) powder, remove the dregs, and take warm on an empty stomach. The degree is determined by having two or three bowel movements. If no bowel movement occurs, take again.
Tongzhi Yao (Pain-Relieving Medicine): Treats severe heat in carbuncles on the back; use this quickly.
Formula 1: Wash Jin Yingtaogen (Root of Prunus pseudocerasus) to remove rough bark, crush/grind to obtain one zhǎn volume. Add 0.5 liang of raw Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) and pound together. Use three bowls of water, decoct until one bowl remains, remove dregs, pour immediately into a silver cup, and take warm. Finish one cup. Then add one bowl of Tongzi Xiaobian (Boy's Urine), decoct until eight-tenths remain, remove dregs, pour immediately into a silver cup, take warm, and finish. If feeling nausea/reversal in the heart, eat a few white plums to stop.
Formula 2: Subsequently take the following: Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, raw), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, raw, each 1 liang), Shexiang (Moschus, ground to size of a character), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 1 fen), Dansha (Cinnabaris, ground to 1 qian), Guiyandai Gen (Root of Dioscorea nipponica, washed and crushed), Jinying Gen (Root of Rosa laevigata, washed and crushed, each half bowl). Use five bowls of water, decoct until two and a half bowls remain, add one and a half bowls of wine, decoct until one bowl remains, remove dregs, pour immediately into a silver cup, take warm and finish. The goal is to expel foul matter. If improvement is felt, remove Gancao and Dahuang. Keep remaining ingredients at previous dosages, add four bowls of water, decoct until two bowls remain, add one bowl of wine, decoct until one bowl remains, remove dregs, pour immediately into a silver cup, take warm and finish. If not cured, take another full dose according to the formula; cure is assured. If the sore is broken, apply Shengji Gao (Flesh-Generating Ointment) and sprinkle the following powder to close the wound.
Longgu San (Dragon Bone Powder):
Ingredients: Longgu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi et Scapulae, fired red on earth to remove fire toxicity and ground), Chi Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, ground to powder, each 0.5 liang), Qiandan (Minium, 1 fen), Hufen (Lead Carbonate, 0.5 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients uniformly and finely. First wash the sore with Congtang (Scallion Decoction), then dry it. Sprinkle the powder onto the sore.
Shenjin Gao (Divine Gold Ointment): Treats carbuncles on the back.
Ingredients: Baiji (Bletillae Rhizoma), Mituoseng (Litharge, ground), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex, rough bark removed), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, removed threads), Nifen (Calomelas, each 0.5 liang), Shexiang (Moschus, ground to size of a character).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with saliva to form an ointment. Apply on unbleached thin paper cut to the size of the sore and stick it. Replace if it loses adhesion.
Wubeizi San (Chinese Gall Powder): Treats carbuncles on the back, generates flesh, and relieves pain.
Ingredients: Wubeizi (Chinese Gall, 1 fen), Dilong (Pheretima, cleaned of soil), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, removed threads), Ruxiang (Olibanum, ground, each 1 fen), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 0.5 qian), Mituoseng (Litharge), Binglang (Arecae Semen, crushed, each 1 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into a powder. Take a small amount each time and apply dryly to the sore.
Divine Formula for Treating Carbuncles on Back, Hairline, Breast Abscesses, and Various Toxic Swellings.
Ingredients: Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, removed threads), Shechuangzi (Cnidii Fructus), Ruxiang (Olibanum, separately pounded, each 1 liang), Xingren (Pruni Semen, 3-7 kernels, skin/tip removed, double-kernel, roasted and ground), Manjingzi Yanhua (Vitex Fruit Salt Flower, each a pinch), Renfen Jian (Tip of Human Feces, a little).
Preparation and Administration: Pound and mix to make cakes, thick as 5 qian weight. Spread on coarse cloth and apply. Change 3-4 times daily, including at night. When changing, wash the cake with Gancao Tang (Licorice Decoction), shape into a head. Apply even if there are holes and pus. Flesh will grow and pus will discharge naturally.
Formula for Treating Carbuncles/Ulcers on Back and Breast Abscesses.
Wuzhuyu (Evodiae Fructus, 1 sheng) is pounded and mixed with Kujiu (Bitter Wine/Vinegar), then applied to the carbuncle.
Treating Critical Carbuncles on Back.
Pound Bajiao (Musa Basjoo) roots and apply.
Treating Sores on Back, Very Effective.
Use a needle to pick the four sides. Use Bai Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus) ground into powder, mixed with water, and applied to draw out the root.
Yelangdu Gao (Wild Wolf Poison Ointment): Treats carbuncles on the back resembling grapes, which break into numerous holes.
Ingredients: Yelangdu (Stellerae Radix), Langen (Isatidis Radix), Longdan (Gentianae Radix, each 0.5 liang), Dingfengcao (Leonuri Herba, 1 liang), Ruxiang (Olibanum, 1 qian), Shuiyinfen (Calomelas, fried, 1 qian-bi).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into powder. Mix with honey to form an ointment. Spread on silk and apply to the sore.
Langen Gao (Isatis Root Ointment): Treats back abscesses resembling a pot bottom or cattail fan, with unceasing pain.
Ingredients: Banlangen (Isatidis Radix), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix, removed black heart), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, removed threads), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, each 1 liang), Baiji (Bletillae Rhizoma, 1 fen), Ruxiang (Olibanum, 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into powder. Mix with fresh drawn water to form an ointment. Apply according to size. Four times daily, twice nightly.
Jinhua San (Golden Flower Powder): Treats accumulation of heat-toxin in carbuncles on the back, redness/pain, reducing swelling and detoxifying.
Ingredients: Xionghuang (Realgar, finely ground, 3 fen), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, nine-joint type, 0.5 liang), Binglang (Arecae Semen, crushed), Shexiang (Moschus, each 1 fen), Yujin (Curcumae Radix), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, each 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into powder. Add Shexiang (Moschus) and Xionghuang (Realgar) and grind uniformly. Take a small amount each time, mix with raw oil to form a paste, and apply to the affected area. Twice daily leads to cure.
Chenxiang San (Aquilaria Powder): Treats carbuncles on the back swollen like apricots or eggs.
Ingredients: Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, 1 liang), Mendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, 1 liang, heart removed), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 1 liang), Chuan Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma, 1 liang), Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, 2 liang, removed roots/joints), Chuan Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into powder. Take 4 qian per dose. Add one zhǎn of water, decoct until reduced to six-tenths, remove dregs, and take warm. Time is not restricted.
Treating Back Carbuncles (Ju):
Ingredients: Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, removed joints), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, each 4 qian), Moyao (Myrrha), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Ruxiang (Olibanum, each 2 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder. Take 4 qian per dose, decoct with Congbai (Scallion White). Take before meals for "upper hand" (arm/hand reaching up) and after meals for "lower hand" (arm/hand reaching down). First use other medicines to push/drain. If the fu-organs are already loose/stooling, pushing is unnecessary and excellent. If pushing is needed, use Danggui Lianqiao San.
Muxiang San (Aucklandia Powder): Treats carbuncles on the back swollen like apricots, with irritability, heat, and pain.
Ingredients: Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 1 liang), Digupi (Lycii Cortex), Xuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix, each 2 liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang, raw and crushed), Chuan Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma, 2 liang), Chuan Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang, crushed and lightly fried).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into powder. Take 4 qian per dose. Add one zhǎn of water, decoct until reduced to six-tenths, and take warm at any time.
Dahuang San (Rhubarb Powder): Treats early-stage carbuncles on the back when swelling is about to occur.
Ingredients: Chuan Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang, crushed and lightly fried), Zhizi Ren (Gardeniae Semen, 1 liang), Chuan Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma, 1 liang), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix, 1 liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang, roasted and crushed), Xuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix, 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into powder. Take 4 qian per dose. Add one zhǎn of water, decoct until reduced to six-tenths, remove dregs, and take warm. Time is not restricted. Another version excludes Xuanshen. Stop after several loose stools; if none, take again.
Huangqi San (Astragalus Powder): Treats carbuncles on the back with redness, swelling, fever, pain, and non-discharging pus.
Ingredients: Huangqi (Astragali Radix, 1 liang, crushed), Chixiaodou (Adzuki Bean, 1 fen, cooked), Chi Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, 0.5 liang), Bailian (Ampelopsis Radix, 3 fen), Xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 3 fen), Gualougen (Trichosanthis Radix, 3 fen).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder. Take 2 qian mixed with warm water at any time.
Xuanlou San (Trichosanthes Powder): Treats malignant sores on the back.
Ingredients: Xuanlou (Trichosanthis Fructus, one), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Jinyinhua (Lonicerae Japonicae Flos), Zaojiaoci (Gleditsiae Spina, each 1 liang), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Crush the ingredients. Use one bowl of wine, decoct until seven-tenths remain, remove dregs, and take warm. If there is a head (pustule), add Shuniu Zi (Arctii Fructus).
Gualou San (Trichosanthes Powder): Dissolves internal malignant flesh, generates healthy flesh.
Ingredients: Huangqi (Astragali Radix, 4 liang, crushed), Zaojiaoci (Gleditsiae Spina, 8 liang, red ones smashed and crushed), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 6 liang), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, 2 liang), Huang Gualou (Trichosanthis Fructus, 10, crushed).
Preparation and Administration: Use one jin of honey, add to a pan, fry until purple color, brittle when blown by wind, then grind into powder. If coarse, fry again and grind. Take 2 qian mixed with wine. This formula was from Daoist Zhang Yuanfu of Qili Mountain, used miraculously. He kept it secret. I witnessed this in my youth. Thirty years later, I obtained it from Zhang Mingshu, who said it came from his disciple.
Danggui Lianqiao San (Angelica and Forsythia Powder):
Ingredients: Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus), Luteng (Lysimachiae Herba, each 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into coarse powder. Take 5-7 qian per dose. Add one large zhǎn of water and 5-7 slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Freshum). Decoct until seven-tenths remain, remove dregs, and take warm. Reduce dosage according to strength. For heat, add one ingredient to purge.
Secret Formula: Treats carbuncles on the back whether ulcerated or not, most effective.
Ingredients: Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, 2 qian, ginger juice processed), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, 3 qian, pith removed), Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma, 5 qian, rice water soaked), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 2 qian, roasted).
Preparation and Administration: Add Sanghuang Gu (Fomes Officinalis) 5 qian. Grind all into powder. For ulcerated sores, sprinkle dryly. For non-ulcerated, mix with oil and apply.
Jiusheng Gao (Life-Saving Ointment): Treats all carbuncles on the back.
Ingredients: Mituoseng (Litharge, crushed and fried), Huangbai Panggen (Phellodendri Cortex Side Roots, thick from Jinzhou preferred, Huangla Wax one pill-size heated until melted/coated, each 2 liang), Wzeiyu Gu (Sepiae Endoconcha, white, cuttlebone removed, 0.5 liang, above three pounded and ground extremely fine), Nifen (Calomelas, 0.5 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Mix evenly. Each time, mix with fresh drawn water, spread on paper. First have patient wash sore with warm sour liquid (Suanshang), then apply. Change once daily.
Huadu San (Toxin-Dissolving Powder): Treats carbuncles/sores on the back.
Ingredients: Baifan Hui (White Alum Ash, ground), Qiandan (Minium, ground), Mituoseng (Litharge, ground), Mubiezi Ren (Semen Momordicae, each 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Put all in a porcelain box, fire red. Place on cold ground, cover with paper-lined basin for one hour. Grind finely. Mix with Rapeseed Oil and apply. It feels cold as ice.
Treating Carbuncles on Back and Various Malignant Sores:
Take stone the size of a goose egg, heat red in fierce fire, dip in vinegar ten-plus times until stone crumbles completely. Take the dust, dry in sun, mix with vinegar, and apply to swelling.
Treating Carbuncles on Back:
Dig a hole in the ground, allow airflow from one side. Lie supine on the ground with the hole sized to fit the swelling, letting the carbuncle enter the hole to suck. Make three to five such holes; change when they feel hot.
Huanhun Wan (Soul-Returning Pill): Treats carbuncles/ulcers on back and all swelling/pus.
Ingredients: Nifen (Calomelas), Shuiyin (Hydrargyrum), Huangshan (Sulfur, each 1 fen, ground together), Badou Ren (Semen Crotonis, 40 kernels).
Preparation and Administration: Place Badou Ren alone at the bottom of a ladle. Press the three substances on top, leveling the Badou. Cover with a porcelain cup. Seal edges with wet paper to prevent gas leakage. Slowly burn around with charcoal fire. Occasionally dip the ladle bottom in water. Burn and dip repeatedly. Inside the cup lid, drip water drop by drop like a soybean. When dry, drip again. Stop when three drops dry. Grind when cool. Make pills with aged rice flour, 20-30 pills. Take one pill per dose, swallow with cooked water. Purges foul matter; replenish with white porridge. One pill saves a person, never failing. Pain stops immediately after expulsion, and the sore dries.
Carbuncles/Ding Sores on Back, Snake Bites, Tiger Bites:
Jingmo (Beijing Ink), Baimei Rou (White Plum Meat), Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Freshum), Zhudan (Porcine Bile). Grind into powder. Apply around the sore.
Formula for Treating Carbuncles on Back and All Toxic Swellings:
Sheng Mayou (Raw Sesame Oil, 6 he), Huangdan (Minium, 2.5 da liang), Sheng Lizi (Raw Chestnut, 49 kernels, medium size, roasted until charred, peeled, crushed, sifted through silk), Didan (Euphorbiae Lathyridis Semen, 2 qian, crushed and sifted). Mix well. Store in copper vessel. Decoct over charcoal fire in a double boiler. Wait until foam overflows to rim. Take one he of Xiaomai (Triticum aestivum), divide between two people to chew. Extract the tendons/mucus from chewing and add to medicine. Stir to mix into ointment. Pour into cold water in copper vessel. Once ointment forms, coat old cloth with ointment and apply to painful area. Change morning and evening.
Treating Carbuncles on Back:
Woniu (Snail, 70), Dusu (Single Garlic Clove, 25, sliced with bamboo knife), Ludoufen (Mung Bean Starch, 0.5 jin), Lilu (Veratri Rhizoma, 0.5 liang). First stir-fry snails in pot until saliva comes out. Then add garlic until dry. Finally add bean starch and lilu, grind into fine powder. To use, mix with Jiangshui (Fermented Rice Water) and saliva, apply to affected area. Also treats Ding sores.
Formula for Treating Back Sores:
Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos), Didingxiang (Syzygium aromaticum leaf/root variant?), Xiaoji (Cirsii Herba), Can Sha (Bombyx Batryticatus Faeces). Equal parts, grind into fine powder. Mix with vinegar and apply to diseased area.