Prescriptions for Treating Carbuncles and Abscess
Neixiao Lianqiao Wan
Name
The Prescription of Neixiao Lianqiao Wan
Source
The book Yu Ji Wei Yi
Ingredients
Lian Qiao 90 g,Lou Lu 45 g,Hu Tao Rou 45 g,Xia Ku Cao 45 g,Tu Gua Gen 45 g,She Gan 45 g,Ze Lan 45 g,Sha Shen 45 g,Bai Ji 45 g.Explanation
Lian Qiao: Dispersing wind-heat, clearing heart-heat and removing toxicity.
Ze Lan: Activating blood and dispelling blood stasis, promoting diuresis and resolving swelling.
She Gan: Clearing lung heat and dispelling phlegm.
Sha Shen: Clearing lung fire and tonifying lung yin.
Lou Lu and Xia Ku Cao: Clearing and purging liver fire, removing toxicity and dissipating nodulation.
Tu Gua Gen: Clearing heat and removing toxicity, resolving swelling and dissipating nodulation.
He Tao Ren: Tonifying the kidney, warming yang and moistening intestine.
Bai Ji: Astringing to stop bleeding, resolving swelling, promoting tissue regeneration.
The Effect of Neixiao Lianqiao Wan
Effect
Dissipate nodulation and soften hardness.
Indications
Scrofula.
Administrations
All the drugs are ground into fine powder. The powder is made with wine into pills.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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