Prescriptions for Treating Carbuncles and Abscess
Wushen Tang: Classic TCM Formula
Name
The Prescription of Wushen Tang
Source
The book Bian Zheng Lu
Ingredients
Fu Ling 30 g,Che Qian Zi 30 g,Jin Yin Hua 90 g,Niu Xi 15 g,Zi Hua Di Ding 30 g.Explanation
Yin Hua: Clearing heat and removing toxicity.
Di Ding: Clearing heat and removing toxicity, cooling blood and relieving swelling.
Che Qian Zi: Inducing diuresis to relieve stranguria, draining dampness to check diarrhea, clearing lung heat and resolving phlegm.
Niu Xi: Activating blood and dredging meridians, tonifying the liver and kidney, strengthening the tendons and bones, promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria, conducting fire (blood) to go downward.
Fu Ling: Inducing diuresis and draining dampness, invigorating spleen and inducing tranquilization.
The Effect of Wushen Tang
Indications
Bone abscess.
Administrations
Decoct 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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