Prescriptions for Treating Carbuncles and Abscess
Sheng Ji Yu Hong Gao (生肌玉红膏)
Name
The Prescription of 生肌玉红膏
Source
The book Wai Ke Zheng Zong
Ingredients
Bai Zhi 15 g,Gan Cao 36 g,Dang Gui 60 g,Xue Jie 12 g,Qing Fen 12 g,Feng La 60 g,Zi Cao 6 g,Sesame Oil 500 g.Explanation
Qing Fen: Removing toxicity, astringing dampness and relieving itching and healing wounds.
Dang Gui: Nourishing blood and promoting its circulation.
Zhi Gan Cao: Invigorating the spleen and stomach, tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.
Bai Zhi: Expeling wind and releasing exterior, alleviating pain and drying dampness.
Xue Jie: Dispelling stasis and alleviating pain, stopping bleeding and promoting tissue regeneration.
Feng La: Removing toxicity, promoting tissue regeneration, astringing wound and alleviating pain.
Zi Cao: Clearing heat and cooling blood, purging fire, activating blood and resolving stasis, removing toxicity and promoting eruption.
Sesame Oil: Removing toxicity, healing wound and promoting tissue regernation.
The Effect of 生肌玉红膏
Effect
Remove corruption and promote tissue regernation, resolve swelling, alleviate pain and activate blood.
Indications
Sores and boils, charbuncle on the back, ulceration.
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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