用鹿角、桂、鸡屎。别捣。烧合和。鸡子白和涂。干复上。
痈已有脓。当使坏方。
用吞薏苡子一枚。勿多。
又方
以苦酒和雀屎涂痈头上。如小豆大。即穿。
治 疽 凡 疽者。肉中忽生一黯子如豆粟。剧者如梅李大。或赤或黑。或白或青
。其 有核。核有深根。应心。小久四面悉肿。 黯 紫黑色。能烂坏筋骨。毒入脏腑
。
着浓肉处皆割之。亦烧铁令赤。烙三上令焦如炭。亦灸黯炮上百壮为佳。早春酸模叶薄
其四面。防其长也。饮葵根汁、犀角汁、升麻汁。折其热。内外疗根据丹毒法也。
治背疽如火热痛。
取野地上干人粪下土。井水调涂。如冰透五脏。
治新发痈疽。
取高脚地铜盘。用水小滴。捣取汁熬成膏。用纸贴二三即愈。如结聚多日。必多贴或服。
治疽疮。
以千年锻石四两，枣木匙一张。烧灰为细末。贴疮口上。一方茜根烧灰。用小油调。
治痈疽。
用红蓼叶以口嚼 之。勿令隔手。
一应痈疽等疮。
用大叶草、透骨草、牛膝草。捣细。用面欠敷之。
托里药内加减法。
发背疔肿。脓溃前后。虚而头痛者。加五味子。恍惚不宁者。加人参、茯神。虚而发热
者。加地黄、栝蒌根。潮热者。加柴胡、地骨皮。渴不止者。加知母赤小豆。虚烦者。加枸
杞、天
白蔹、官
逆者加丁香、
治痈疽。
以恶实子吞一枚。出痈疽头。
淋洗法 疗痈疽败烂。脓水不绝。
黄 当归 白蔹 败酱 甘草（各二两） 黄芩 川芎 赤芍药（各一两半） 上锉
碎。
以水九升。煎至三升。去滓。洗疮百遍。以帛挹干。即敷膏药。如痛甚。以猪蹄汁煮药佳。
若夏月以
藿香托里散 治痈疽、恶疮、疔肿有热。
当归 升麻 葛根 白僵蚕 藿香 连翘 山栀子 甘草 木通 牛蒡子（各三钱） 大
黄黄 茵陈 瞿麦 （各五钱） 上 咀。每服一两重。酒水煎。去滓温服。疮在下空
心
服。疮
痛。三四
日夜服之。
炙爆之人。宜
浓敷疮上。热则
五香连翘饮。无热
溃不可用凉药。如痈
术、小麦等。
麒麟竭散 大治发痈疽毒疮。至妙。
麒麟竭（研） 赤茯苓（为末） 白茯苓（为末） 没药（研） 甘草节（捶碎各一两）
老天萝
子（一个连皮切破新者二个） 上用蜜一两。无灰酒二升。于银石器中煎天萝子、甘草节。
至
三盏。
结。更不
已穿后。又进三服。候脓化取下积热毒如鱼涎。并不动脏腑。
殊圣散 治一切痈疽肿毒不消。
蜗牛（二个细研） 栝蒌瓤（弹子大五块为末） 黄蜀葵 花叶（皆可为末用二钱） 上
用蜀
葵花捣汁。以前药末和研稠粘。涂疮上留口。日三换。元方云三日效。近用一日见效。
化毒散 治痈疽、恶疮、毒、发背、脑疽。及妇人乳痈等疾。
背阴草（生于深崖大泽及山谷小涧中背阴之地叶似香薷） 金银藤（即忍冬花藤） 上
各用
一大握。杵碎入酒一升。水一升。同煎至一升。去滓。再投热酒一升。搅匀。分二服。放温
服。以所煎滓涂疮上。药到即便痛止。未成者即消。已成者即收敛穿溃。至妙。
五白散 治痈疽发背。热盛赤肿。及穿溃不瘥。妇人乳痈等疾。
香白芷 白藓皮 白芨 白薇 白蔹（各等分） 上为末。每服三钱。入乳香末一字。
新
水调服。并涂疮上。
出虫膏。痈疽败证及骨疽方。
用自死虾蟆一枚。头发一把。以猪膏一斤半。内二物煎之。消尽下之。欲冷内盐一合。
搅和。以膏着疮中。日一易。虫出尽愈。
又方 疮口已成大窟。
桑白皮（一分） 当归（半分） 上为末干掺。外用北艾蘸蜜水研细。塞口。
桑白散 治疮口有热攻 作痛。赤烂淫汁。
桑白皮（新者一两） 苦参 槐花 天花粉（晒各半两） 上杵细末干掺。仍煎苦参、
桑白
皮汤荡洗。痒者加槟榔、轻粉。
五香连翘汤 志宁载在易简。备为痈疽全功。审其治法。要在宣热拔毒。托里排脓
。其方纵不落连翘增丁香。投之亦大验。宜先行发散。有川芎香黄散。及白芷、大黄等
分细末。蜜醋调敷赤肿痛处。蜜汤亦得。一日一换差。次则拔毒圆。明矾一两枯。为末
。蜡丸梧桐子大。每服三十丸。无灰酒下。定毒不走。托里则有番香散。
川升麻 商陆根 大黄（各半两） 番降真香 吴姜黄 明白矾（研飞各一分） 上为
细
末。温水调拂肿处。便觉彻骨凉冷。其肿立消。已破去白矾。未破用白矾。治一切痈疽肿毒。
已破未溃。抽风内消。神效无比。
治痈疽急服此药。肿疖尤易见效。
或新或陈栝蒌一个。连壳瓤锉碎。入平椒十粒。去目。闭口者不用。生甘草五寸锉。乳
香三块。皂子大。用无灰酒三大盏。煎至一盏。澄清。温服一两。立效。
大车鳌散
大戟 芫花 菊花 槟榔 漏芦（以上各半两） 大黄 黄芩（各三分） 轻粉（一钱）
上
为末。每二钱入车鳌一钱。轻粉一钱。和匀。五更初芥菜汤调下。如人行五里久。取下恶物
三四行止。自住。少壮者加一钱。
小车鳌散
车鳌 轻粉 甘草 大黄（各等分） 上为细末。和匀作服。用栝蒌一个。酒一碗同煎。
空心调下前药。
神效膏 治痈疽一切毒疮。
灶灰汁（即是饼药） 蛎壳灰（筛细） 糯米（舂白） 上先将瓦盆载饼药。在日里曝。
得少
温。仍将一把灰一把米。层层撒在瓦盆内。其灰米上。约留半寸饼药。就把在日里曝。灰米
发变如
用手敷
肿又移在
使之血出。
如妇人小儿。
酌。无日则以火
百花散 治一切痈疽。及诸恶疮。
黄蜀葵花（七枚干者） 黄柏（半两浓者去粗皮） 黄连（去须二钱） 山栀子（三枚
去壳）
郁
头。
即
药。
脓尽。
桃枭。乃
药贴疮上。
卧时贴。两三
大黄汤 宣热拔毒。孙真人单煮大黄一味服。取快利。后人增二味。效着如神。
大黄（一两） 木鳖仁（半两） 甘草节（二钱半） 上每服三钱。入少酒煎。
五香连翘汤
木香 沉香（三分） 丁香（半两） 连翘（去心） 独活（三分或用羌活炒） 射干 升
麻
黄 木通 桑寄生（最治此疾如无倍升麻） 上为细末。每服三钱。煎至七分。入银少片
同
煎。此李氏方。无大黄者。多服不妨。与漏芦汤间。
又陈无择方同前。
加乳香 蒸大黄（一两） 每服四大钱。水二盏。煮半。空心热服。未利再进。利下恶
物
为度。
千金漏芦汤
漏芦 连翘 黄芩 白蔹 枳壳（去瓤麸炒） 升麻 甘草（炙） 麻黄（一两去根节）
大
黄（一两半煨） 朴硝（一两研后入） 上为末。每服二钱。姜三片。薄荷三叶。水一盏煎。
空
心温服。
又方名络石饮
采叶并梗约一罗净洗。舂取自然汁二碗。每汁三分蜜二分。取性饮之。滓敷疮。一宿消
去。已溃即可。出本草神效。
木香散 治疮难消。不能作脓。痛不止。
地骨皮（一两去土皮） 木香（半两） 穿山甲（一钱炙黄） 麝香（一字） 上为细
末。酒调
下三钱。及小儿斑后生痈。米饮调下。效如神。
止痛膏 治指痈痛彻骨髓。脚根肿痛。
泥蜂窠（作窠于壁门螟蛉窠也抬椅下间有之） 乳香（少许） 上同碾匀。用新冷水调
涂
之。痛立止。一方用酽醋调。
疗蜂窠痈。
上用黑蜂窠泥调法醋敷之。才干又敷。痒而不痛立效。上方得之循州谢推官雷仲。渠家
三世施此药。乡人言是获发第之报。
治诸肿毒。欲作痈疽者。
用赤小豆末。以水和涂便可。消散毒瓦斯。今人往往用之有效。
治痈疽
以紫珠煮汁。洗之。
主解毒痈疽神效。
以钗子股万州者佳。同草茎以水煎服。
疗恶毒痈疽。或连阴髀间。疼痛急挛。牵入小腹。不可忍。一宿则杀人。
用茴香苗叶。捣取汁一升服之。日三四。用其滓以贴肿上。冬中根亦可用。此外国方。
永嘉以来。用之起死。神效。
治一切痈疽及发背。
用白冬瓜一二斗许大。冬月收为菜压去汁。蜜煎代果。遇患者削一大块置疮上。热则易
之。分散热毒瓦斯甚良。
治初患疮发背胁间。未辨痈疽者。若阳滞于阴即为痈。阴滞于阳即为疽。痈即皮光
赤。疽即皮肉纹起不泽。
以葫紫皮者。切作片子浓一分覆之。用艾灸。如已痛灸至不痛。如不痛灸至痛。初觉即
便灸。无不效者。仍审度于正中心贴葫灸之。世人往往不晤。此疮初见其疮小。不肯灸惜哉。
治痈疽生臭恶肉。
以白 茹为散敷之。看肉尽便停。但敷诸膏药。若不生肉。又敷黄 散。恶肉仍不尽者。
可以漆头赤皮 茹为散。用半钱匕。和白 茹散三钱匕。合敷之瘥。
治金石药发动。作痈疽渴疾。
以菩萨石用水磨。服之。
治痈疽初发。速用即安。
鲤鱼灰、酸醋调敷。
又方
独蒜细研。麻油调浓敷。干即换愈。生商陆根研敷频换。治石痈无脓者。
又方
野狼跋子出泉州一二粒。锉细酒下。利三行愈。或只用水下。乳香、田螺研匀。治臀疽。
又方
破故纸炒熟研细。酒下。
治痈疽。
以紫贝壳烧 为灰。敷之。
治痈疽。
以紫荆木煮汁。服之。
地黄膏 治一切痈疽。兼治毒虫所伤。
石膏（火 ） 藿香叶 蚌粉 香白芷 雄黄（研） 上等分。同为细末。以生地黄自
然汁
调稀稠。涂疮上四围。留疮头。已破者亦留疮口勿涂。干即再敷之。药浓以新水润之。其效
如神。
神效膏 治痈疽发背。热毒瓦斯结。肿痛坚硬。止疼痛。
木通（锉） 甘草（炙） 当归（炙锉） 白芷 防风（去芦） 细辛（去苗叶） 栀
子仁 黄连
（去须） 黄芩（去黑心各一两） 铅丹（六两） 垂柳枝（锉二两） 蜡（半两） 清油
（一斤）上
除丹蜡油外
柳篦搅后变黑色
治诸疽附骨痈。根在脏腑。历节肿出。疔肿、恶脉诸毒。皆瘥。
露蜂房 乱发 蛇皮 上三味合烧灰。酒服寸匕。日三。
[Background Information]
Book: Puji Fang (Universal Effective Prescriptions)
Author: Zhu Zi
Dynasty: Ming Dynasty, Yongle 4th Year
Chapter: Various Carbuncles and Ulcers (3/3)
Category: Formulas
[English Translation]
Use Deer Antler (Lujiao), Cinnamon Twig (Guizhi), and Chicken Droppings (Jishi). Grind separately. Calcine to charcoal and mix well. Blend with Egg White (Jizi Bai) and apply. Reapply when dry.
When a carbuncle (Yong) has already suppurated, use a formula to drain pus.
Swallow one seed of Coix Seed (Yiyiren). Do not take too much.
Another prescription
Mix Vinegar (Ku Jiu) with Sparrow Droppings (Que Shi) and apply to the head of the carbuncle. The size should be like a mung bean. It will soon perforate.
Treating Chancre (Ju). Generally, chancre manifests as a sudden dark spot in the flesh, the size of a bean or millet grain. Severe cases are as large as a plum pit. It may be red, black, white, or green.
There is a nodule with deep roots; pressing it causes pain radiating to the heart. Initially small, after a long time, the surrounding area swells completely. The color is purple-black. It can rot bones and tendons. The toxin enters the Zang-Fu organs.
Cut away all thick flesh where affected. Alternatively, heat an iron tool until red-hot and cauterize three times until charred like carbon. Moxibustion on the dark area for one hundred moxa cones is optimal. In early spring, thinly apply Sorrel leaves (Suanmo Ye) around the periphery to prevent spread. Drink Sunflower Root Juice (Kui Gen Zhi), Rhinoceros Horn Juice (Xijiao Zhi), or Cimicifuga Juice (Shengma Zhi) to clear heat. Internal and external treatments follow the methods for Erysipelas (Dan Du).
Treat back chancre with burning hot pain.
Take subsoil from dry human manure found in the wild. Mix with well water and apply. It feels as cold as ice penetrating the five viscera.
Treat newly onset carbuncles and chancre.
Take a copper plate from high ground. Add a few drops of water. Grind to extract juice and boil into a paste. Apply with paper dressing. Two or three applications lead to cure. If the lump persists for many days, apply more frequently or administer orally.
Treat chancre sores.
Use four taels of Thousand-Year Calcined Stone (Qiannian Duanshi) and one date-wood spoon. Burn to ash and grind into fine powder. Apply to the sore opening. Another method uses Rubia Root (Qian Gen) burned to ash, mixed with sesame oil.
Treat carbuncles and chancre.
Chew Red Smartweed Leaves (Hong Liao Ye) in the mouth. Do not let hands touch them.
For all carbuncles, chancre, and other sores.
Use Large-leaf Grass (Daye Cao), Penetration Bone Grass (Tougu Cao), and Achyranthes Root (Niuxi Cao). Grind finely. Mix with flour and apply.
Modifications to Interior-Supporting Medicines.
For Back Carbuncle Ding Swelling (Fa Bei Ding Zhong), before and after pus discharge, if deficient with headache, add Schisandra Berry (Wuweizi). If restless and confused, add Ginseng (Renshen) and Poria with Hostwood (Fushen). If deficient with fever, add Rehmannia Root (Dihuang) and Trichosanthes Root (Gualou Gen). For tidal fever, add Bupleurum Root (Chaihu) and Groundcherry Root Bark (Digupi). If thirst persists, add Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhimu) and Adzuki Bean (Chixiaodou). If deficient irritability, add Goji Berry (Gouqi) and Tian Baliao (Tiandianli).
For hiccups, add Clove (Dingxiang).
Treat carbuncles and chancre.
Swallow one seed of Burdock Fruit (Eshi Zi) to draw out the head of the carbuncle.
Washing Method. Treat gangrenous carbuncles and chancre with unceasing pus.
Astragalus Root (Huangqi), Angelica Sinensis (Danggui), Akebia Stem (Bailian), Patrinia Root (Baijiang), Licorice Root (Gancao) (each two liang); Scutellaria Root (Huangqin), Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Red Peony Root (Chishao) (each one-and-a-half liang). Cut the above herbs.
Decoct in nine sheng of water until three sheng remain. Strain. Wash the sore one hundred times. Dry with a cloth. Then apply ointment. If pain is severe, decoct the herbs in pig trotter juice. In summer, use Agastache Herb (Huoxiang).
Huoxiang Tuoli San. Treats carbuncles, chancre, ding swelling with heat.
Angelica Sinensis (Danggui), Cimicifuga Rhizome (Shengma), Kudzu Root (Gegen), White Stiff Silkworm (Bai Jiangcan), Agastache Herb (Huoxiang), Forsythia Fruit (Lianqiao), Gardenia Fruit (Shanzhizi), Licorice Root (Gancao), Akebia Stem (Mutong), Arctium Fruit (Niubangzi) (each three qian); Rhubarb (Dahuang), Yinchen, Dianthera (Qumai) (each five qian). Cut the above herbs. Each dose weighs one liang. Decoct in wine and water. Strain and take warm. Take on an empty stomach if the sore is lower; after meals if higher. Take continuously for three to four days and nights if painful.
For those scorched by fire... apply thickly to the sore. If hot...
Wuxiang Lianqiao Yin. Without heat...
After perforation, do not use cooling medicines. As in carbuncle...
Atractylodes, Wheat, etc.
Qilinjie San. Greatly treats onset of carbuncles, chancre, and toxic sores. Very effective.
Dragon's Blood (Qilinjie) (ground), Red Poria (Chi Fuling) (powdered), White Poria (Bai Fuling) (powdered), Myrrh (Moyao) (ground), Licorice Joint (Gancao Jie) (beaten, each one liang), Old Loquat Leaf Vine Fruit (Laotianluozi) (one, cut open with skin; two new ones). Decoct the fruit and licorice joint in one liang of honey and two sheng of pure wine in a silver or ceramic vessel. Boil down to three cups.
Knot... no longer...
After perforation, take three more doses. Wait for pus to transform and expel accumulated heat-toxin resembling fish saliva. This does not disturb the Zang-Fu organs.
Shusheng San. Treats all carbuncles, chancre, swelling, and toxicity that do not resolve.
Snail (Nuowan) (two, finely ground), Trichosanthes Peel (Gualou Rang) (five pieces the size of a bullet, powdered), Yellow Hibiscus Flower and Leaves (Huang Shukui Huaye) (both can be powdered, use two qian). Use Yellow Hibiscus flower juice to grind the above powders into a thick paste. Apply to the sore, leaving the opening. Change three times daily. The original text says effective in three days; recent use shows effect in one day.
Huadu San. Treats carbuncles, chancre, toxins, back carbuncles, brain chancre, and women's breast abscesses.
Yin-growing Grass (Beiyin Cao) (grows in shady places of deep cliffs, marshes, valleys, and small streams, leaves resemble Elsholtzia), Honeysuckle Vine (Jinyin Teng) (same as Lonicera japonica vine). Use a large handful of each. Pound coarsely. Add one sheng of wine and one sheng of water. Decoct together to one sheng. Strain. Add another sheng of hot wine. Stir well. Divide into two doses. Take warm. Apply the dregs to the sore. Pain stops immediately upon application. Unformed lesions dissipate. Formed lesions converge and perforate. Very effective.
Wubai San. Treats carbuncles and back carbuncles with intense heat, redness, and swelling, as well as non-healing perforations and women's breast abscesses.
Angelica Dahurica (Baizhi), Phellodendron Bark (Baixianpi), Bletilla Tuber (Baiji), Gentian Root (Baiwei), Akebia Stem (Bailian) (equal parts). Powder the above. Each dose is three qian. Add one "zi" of Frankincense (Ruxiang) powder.
Mix with fresh water and take. Also apply to the sore.
Chuchong Gao. Treats gangrenous carbuncles, chancre, and bone chancre.
Use one dead toad (Zisi Xiam). One handful of hair. Add one-and-a-half jin of lard. Simmer the two ingredients until consumed. When cool, add one he of salt. Mix. Apply the ointment into the sore. Change once daily. Cure when worms are fully expelled.
Another prescription. When the sore opening becomes a large cavity.
Mulberry Root Bark (Sangbaipi) (one fen), Angelica Sinensis (Danggui) (half fen). Powder the above and sprinkle dry. Externally, use Mugwort (Bei Ai) dipped in honey-water, ground fine, to plug the opening.
Sangbai San. Treats sore openings with heat attacking causing pain, redness, ulceration, and excessive discharge.
Mulberry Root Bark (Sangbaipi) (new, one liang), Sophora Root (Kushen), Sophora Flower (Huaihua), Trichosanthes Root (Tianhuafen) (sun-dried, half liang each). Pound into fine powder and sprinkle dry. Still decoct Sophora Root and Mulberry Root Bark soup to wash. If itching, add Areca Seed (Binglang) and Calomel (Qingfen).
Wuxiang Lianqiao Tang. Recorded by Zhi Ning in Yijian Fang. Comprehensive for carbuncles and chancre. Its treatment principle lies in venting heat and extracting toxins, supporting the interior and draining pus. Even without adding Clove to Forsythia, it is highly effective. Begin with dispersing methods, such as Chuanxiong Xianghuang San. Or equal parts of Angelica Dahurica and Rhubarb, ground fine. Mix with honey and vinegar to apply to red, swollen, painful areas. Honey soup is also acceptable. Change once daily. Next, use Batudu Wan. Alum (Mingfan) one liang calcined. Powdered. Made into wax pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take thirty pills each time with pure wine. Stabilizes the toxin preventing spread. To support the interior, use Fanxiang San.
Cimicifuga Rhizome (Chuan Shengma), Phytolacca Root (Shanglu Gen), Rhubarb (Dahuang) (each half liang), Vietnamese Rosewood (Fan Jiangzhen Xiang), Turmeric (Wu Jianghuang), Clear Alum (Ming Baifei) (ground and washed, each one fen). Powder the above. Mix with warm water and rub on swollen areas. Feels bone-chillingly cold. Swelling disappears immediately. Remove alum if broken; use alum if unbroken. Treats all carbuncles, chancre, swelling, and toxicity. Broken but unulcerated. Draws out wind and resolves internally. Extremely effective.
Take this medicine urgently for carbuncles and chancre. Especially effective for boils and nodules.
One fresh or dried Trichosanthes fruit. Cut shell and pulp. Add ten flat peppercorns. Remove eyes. Do not use closed-mouth ones. Five cun of raw Licorice Root, cut. Three pieces of Frankincense, size of soap nut. Decoct in three large cups of pure wine until one cup remains. Clarify. Take one liang warm. Immediate effect.
Da Che'ao San
Euphorbia Root (Daji), Genkwa Flower (Yuanhua), Chrysanthemum (Juhua), Areca Seed (Binglang), Rhapontic Rhizome (Loulu) (above each half liang); Rhubarb (Dahuang), Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) (each three fen); Calomel (Qingfen) (one qian). Powder the above. For every two qian, add one qian of Bull Frog (Che'ao) and one qian of Calomel. Mix evenly. Take at dawn with mustard soup. After walking about five li, it expels foul matter three to four times, then stops naturally. Young and strong people add one qian.
Xiao Che'ao San
Bull Frog (Che'ao), Calomel (Qingfen), Licorice Root (Gancao), Rhubarb (Dahuang) (equal parts). Powder finely and mix. Take one Trichosanthes fruit, decoct in one bowl of wine. Take the above medicine mixed with this on an empty stomach.
Shenxiao Gao. Treats all toxic sores of carbuncles and chancre.
Stove Ash Juice (Zao Hui Zhi - also known as Bing Yao), Oyster Shell Ash (Li Qie Hui) (sifted fine), Glutinous Rice (Nuomi) (pounded white). First put Bing Yao in a clay pot and expose to sun until slightly warm. Then layer ash and rice in the pot. Leave about half an inch of Bing Yao on top. Expose to sun again. Ash and rice change color... Apply with hand... Swelling moves... Causes bleeding. For women and children, adjust dosage. If no sun, use fire...
Baihua San. Treats all carbuncles, chancre, and various malignant sores.
Yellow Hibiscus Flower (Huang Shukui Hua) (seven dried flowers), Phellodendron Bark (Huangbai) (half liang, remove coarse bark), Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian) (remove threads, two qian), Gardenia Fruit (Shanzhizi) (three fruits, remove shell), Curcuma Longa (Yujin)... Head. Then... Medicine. Pus exhausted. Peach Owl (Tao Xiao). Then... Apply medicine to sore. Apply at bedtime. Two or three...
Dahuang Tang. Vents heat and extracts toxins. Sun Simiao boiled only Rhubarb and took it to induce rapid purging. Later generations added two ingredients. Effect is miraculous.
Rhubarb (Dahuang) (one liang), Momordica Seed (Mubie Ren) (half liang), Licorice Joint (Gancao Jie) (two-and-a-half qian). Each dose is three qian. Decoct with a little wine.
Wuxiang Lianqiao Tang
Costus Root (Muxiang), Agarwood (Chenxiang) (three fen), Clove (Dingxiang) (half liang), Forsythia Fruit (Lianqiao) (remove heart), Angelica Root (Duhuo) (three fen, or stir-fried Notopterygium Root), Belamcanda Rhizome (Shegan), Cimicifuga Rhizome (Shengma), Ephedra Herb (Mahuang), Akebia Stem (Mutong), Taxillus Branch (Sangjisheng) (best for this disease; if unavailable, double Shengma). Powder the above. Each dose is three qian. Decoct until seven-tenths remain. Add a little silver foil and simmer. This is Li's formula. Those without Rhubarb can take more freely. Alternate with Loulu Tang.
Also Chen Wuyue's formula is the same as above.
Add Frankincense (Ruxiang), Steamed Rhubarb (Zheng Dahuang) (one liang). Each dose is four qian. Decoct in two cups of water until half remains. Take hot on an empty stomach. If not purged, take again. Purge until foul matter is gone.
Qianjin Loulu Tang
Rhapontic Rhizome (Loulu), Forsythia Fruit (Lianqiao), Scutellaria Root (Huangqin), Akebia Stem (Bailian), Bitter Orange (Zhike) (remove pulp, stir-fried with bran), Cimicifuga Rhizome (Shengma), Licorice Root (Gancao) (roasted), Ephedra Herb (Mahuang) (one liang, remove root and joints), Rhubarb (Dahuang) (one-and-a-half liang, baked), Mirabilite (Piaoxiao) (one liang, ground and added later). Powder the above. Each dose is two qian. Add three slices of ginger and three mint leaves. Decoct in one cup of water. Take warm on an empty stomach.
Another formula named Luoshi Yin
Harvest leaves and stems, sieve clean. Pound to extract natural juice, two bowls. Mix three parts juice with two parts honey. Drink according to constitution. Apply dregs to sore. Dissipates overnight. Can be used after perforation. Emerges from Bencao, extremely effective.
Muxiang San. Treats sores difficult to resolve, unable to form pus, pain unceasing.
Groundcherry Root Bark (Digupi) (one liang, remove soil and bark), Costus Root (Muxiang) (half liang), Pangolin Scale (Chuanshanjia) (one qian, roasted yellow), Musk (Shexiang) (one zi). Powder the above. Take three qian mixed with wine. Also for infants developing carbuncles after smallpox. Take mixed with rice drink. Effect is miraculous.
Zhengtong Gao. Treats finger carbuncle pain penetrating bone marrow. Heel swelling and pain.
Mud Wasp Nest (Nifeng Ke) (nests on walls, doors, silkworm nests, under chairs), Frankincense (Ruxiang) (a little). Grind together evenly. Mix with fresh cold water and apply. Pain stops immediately. Another method uses strong vinegar.
Treat Wasp Nest Carbuncle.
Use mud from black wasp nest mixed with vinegar to apply. Reapply when dry. Stops itching and pain immediately. The above formula was obtained from Lei Zhongguan, Magistrate of Xunzhou. His family used this medicine for three generations. Villagers say it brings reward for merit.
Treat various swellings and toxins, intending to become carbuncles or chancre.
Use Adzuki Bean powder (Chixiaodou Mo). Mix with water and apply. Dissipates toxic gas. Often used by modern people with good effect.
Treat carbuncles and chancre
Boil Pearl Plant Juice (Zizhu Zhi). Wash with it.
Mainly detoxifies carbuncles and chancre, extremely effective.
Use Crossbow Bolt Wood (Chaizi Gu) from Wanzhou, which is best. Decoct with grass stems in water and take.
Treat malignant toxic carbuncles and chancre. May extend to groin and thighs. Painful, acute spasms, pulling into lower abdomen, unbearable. Kills within one night.
Use Fennel Seedling Leaves (Huixiang Miaoye). Grind to extract one sheng of juice and take. Three to four times daily. Apply dregs to swelling. Roots can also be used in winter. This is a foreign formula. Since Yongjia era, used to revive the dying. Extremely effective.
Treat all carbuncles, chancre, and back carbuncles.
Use large white winter melon (Bai Donggua), about one or two dou. Harvest in winter as vegetable, press to remove juice. Preserve with honey as fruit. When patients occur, slice a large piece and place on sore. Replace when hot. Excellent for dispersing heat-toxin.
Treat initial sores appearing on back and ribs. Uncertain if carbuncle or chancre. If Yang stagnates in Yin, it becomes Carbuncle (Yong). If Yin stagnates in Yang, it becomes Chancre (Ju). Carbuncle has shiny red skin. Chancre has wrinkled flesh, dull luster.
Use purple-skinned onion (Hu). Slice one fen thick and cover. Use moxibustion. If already painful, moxa until pain stops. If not painful, moxa until pain starts. Moxa as soon as felt. All effective. Still assess and center moxa on the middle of the onion. People often miss this. At first sight, the sore is small, unwilling to moxa. What a pity.
Treat carbuncles and chancre producing foul, evil flesh.
Use White Radish (Bai Ru) powder to apply. Stop when flesh is complete. Only apply various ointments. If flesh does not grow, apply Huang Ru powder. If foul flesh still remains, use Lacquer Tree Skin (Qitou Chi Pi) powder. Use half a qian-bi. Mix with three qian-bi of Bai Ru powder. Apply together for cure.
Treat mineral drug activation causing carbuncles, chancre, and thirst.
Grind Bodhisattva Stone (Pusa Shi) with water and take.
Treat initial onset of carbuncles and chancre. Use quickly for peace.
Carp Ash (Liyu Hui). Mix with sour vinegar and apply.
Another prescription
Garlic (Du Suan) finely ground. Mix with sesame oil thickly and apply. Change when dry for cure. Raw Phytolacca Root (Shanglu Gen) ground and applied, change frequently. Treats stone carbuncle without pus.
Another prescription
Wild Wolf's Paw Seeds (Yelangbazhi) from Quanzhou, one or two grains. Cut fine, take with wine. Purge three times for cure. Or take with water only. Frankincense and Snail (Tianluo) ground evenly. Treats buttock chancre.
Another prescription
Cassia Seed (Po Gu Zhi) roasted and ground fine. Take with wine.
Treat carbuncles and chancre.
Burn Purple Shellfish (Zi Beike) to ash. Apply.
Treat carbuncles and chancre.
Boil Bauhinia Wood (Zijing Mu) juice and take.
Dihuang Gao. Treats all carbuncles and chancre. Also treats poison insect bites.
Gypsum (Shigao) (calcined), Agastache Leaf (Huoxiang Ye), Freshwater Mussel Powder (Bang Fen), Angelica Dahurica (Baizhi), Realgar (Xionghuang) (ground). Equal parts. Powder together. Mix with fresh Rehmannia Juice (Dihuang Ziran Zhi) to appropriate thickness. Apply around the sore, leaving the head. If broken, leave the opening, do not apply. When dry, reapply. If medicine is thick, moisten with fresh water. Effect is miraculous.
Shenxiao Gao. Treats carbuncles and back carbuncles. Heat-toxin knot. Swelling, pain, hardness. Stops pain.
Akebia Stem (Mutong) (cut), Licorice Root (Gancao) (roasted), Angelica Sinensis (Danggui) (roasted and cut), Angelica Dahurica (Baizhi), Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng) (remove radix), Asarum Root (Xixin) (remove seedlings and leaves), Gardenia Seed (Zhizi Ren), Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian) (remove threads), Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) (remove black heart, each one liang), Lead Tetroxide (Qiandan) (six liang), Willow Branch (Chuilu Zhi) (cut, two liang), Beeswax (La) (half liang), Pure Oil (Qingyou) (one jin). Except for Dan, La, and Oil... Stir with willow whip until black.
Treats all chancre, periosteal abscess. Root in Zang-Fu. Joint swelling. Ding swelling, evil pulses, various toxins. All heal.
Honeycomb (Lufengfang), Messy Hair (Luafa), Snake Skin (Shepi). Burn the above three ingredients to ash. Take with wine, size of a cun-bi. Three times daily.