Prescriptions for Treating Carbuncles and Abscess
Simiao Yongan Tang
Name
Decoction of Four Wonderful Drugs for Quick Restoration of Health.
The Prescription of Simiao Yongan Tang
Source
The book Yan Fang Xin Bian
Ingredients
Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae) 90 g,Xuan Shen (Radix Scrophulariae) 90 g,Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) 30 g,Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) 15 g.Explanation
Jin Yin Hua: the principal drug, being sweet in flavor and cold in nature, clearing away heat and toxic material.
Xuan Shen: Purging fire to remove toxic material.
Dang Gui: Promoting the circulation of blood to remove blood stasis.
Gan Cao: Removing toxic material and relieving pain.
The Effect of Simiao Yongan Tang
Effect
Clearing away heat and toxic material, promoting the circulation of blood to arrest pain.
Indications
Gangrene of finger or toe due to abundant heat-toxin marked by red, swelling, burning, ulceration, putrefactive odor and terrible pain of the affected limbs, or fever, thirst, reddened tongue and rapid pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms and signs as thromboangiitis obliterans and embolic phlebitis.
Administrations
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.
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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