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This refers to carbuncles and sores occurring in the breast. After the pus has ulcerated, symptoms may include deficiency of the Zang-Fu organs (Viscera), dryness, pain, or thirst. Generally, after a breast abscess ulcerates and discharges excessive amounts of pus and blood, it leads to deficiency and dryness of the Zang-Fu organs, resulting in thirst and a desire to drink. When fluids enter the stomach and intestines, if these organs are deficient, it may transform into dysentery (diarrhea).

This describes a condition where the skin and interstices (Couli) are deficient, allowing wind-dampness pathogens to invade due to this weakness. These pathogens contend with the body's Qi and blood, and when combined with heat, they generate sores.

Swelling accompanied by stiff skin, resembling the thick skin on a cow's neck, is termed Ju (Deep Sores/Carbuncles). The Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian has branches descending from the Quepen (ST 12) acupoint towards the breast. If this meridian is deficient, the Couli open, allowing cold pathogens to lodge. Cold contending with blood causes blood stasis and obstruction, leading to nodular swelling; Qi then converges here, creating intense heat, which ultimately forms a Ju. If the heat persists without dissipating, the flesh rots and transforms into pus.

The Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian has branches descending from the Quepen (ST 12) acupoint towards the breast. If this meridian is deficient, wind-cold pathogens invade. Cold condenses the blood, causing nodular swelling. If the swelling is hot, it transforms stagnant blood into pus; if cold, the nodules do not resolve. Additionally, severe fatigue generates Qi movement and heat, which can also cause melting of the tissue. For such conditions, decoctions, moxibustion/warming therapies, acupuncture, and stone therapy have specific formulas. Methods for tonification, nourishment, and guided breathing exercises are attached below.
The *Yangsheng Fang* (Prescriptions for Nourishing Life) · *Dao Yin Fa* (Guiding and Pulling Methods) states: Squat, insert both hands from inside the bent knees to support the ground, bend the legs over the hands, and lift the hips. This method can be used to regulate Qi, curing scrofula and breast abscesses. Cross the legs, place both hands at the deepest point of the knee bends, and lift upwards twelve times. This cures scrofula and breast abscesses.

The presentation of Ru Shi Yong (Breast Stone Abscess) involves slight stiffness but not significant enlargement, no redness, mild pain and heat that subsides spontaneously. This occurs because the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian descends through the breast; if the meridian is deficient and invaded by wind-cold pathogens, blood becomes stagnant and forms an abscess. If there is more cold than heat, there is no high fever, only hard nodules like stones, which is called Ru Shi Yong.

Disharmony of the Five Zang Organs leads to Ju (Deep Sores); Ju is characterized by swollen, hardened skin resembling a cow's neck. Disharmony of the Six Fu Organs leads to Yong (Superficial Abscesses); Yong is characterized by swollen, thin, and glossy skin. The Fu and Zang organs are exterior-interior pairs, and their meridians circulate throughout the body, with Shu points located on the back. When Zang-Fu disharmony causes the Couli to open, wind-cold invasion damages the blood, leading to aggregation and swelling. Deep lesions become Ju, while superficial ones become Yong. Depending on where the cold pathogen lodges, blood becomes obstructed and stagnant; combined with heat, this results in Carbuncles and Back Sores (Yong Ju Fa Bei).