Formulas for abscess (yong yang)

Da Huang Mu Dan Pi Tang
Wei Jing Tang
Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin
Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin
Yang He Tang
Yi Yi Fu Zi Bai Jiang San

Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin

clears Heat, detoxifies, reduces swelling, promotes the discharge of pus, invigorates blood, relieves pain
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• Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin - Jiao Zhu Fu Ren Liang Fang
• Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonecerae Japonicae)…9g
• Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis)…3g
• Zhe Bei Mu (Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii)…3g
• Tian Hua Fen (Radix Trichosanthis Kirilowii)…3g
• Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis)…6-12g
• Chi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubrae)…3g
• Ru Xiang (Gummi Olibanum)…3g
• Mo Yao (Myrrha)…3g
• Fang Feng (Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae)…3g
• Bai Zhi (Radix angelicae dahuricae)…3g
• Chuan Shan Jia (squama manitis pentadactylae)…3g
• Zao Jiao Ci (spina gleditsiae sinensis)…3g
• Chen Pi (pericarpium citri reticulatae)…9g
   

Indications: early stage sores and carbuncles with red swollen hot painful skin lesions, usually accompanied by fever, mild chills, headache, thin tongue coat (white or yellow), rapid forceful pulse.

Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin

clears Heat, detoxifies, cools blood, reduces swelling
Yi Zong Jin Jian

• Jin Yin Hua (flos lonicerae japonicae)…9g
• Pu Gong Ying (herba taraxaci mongolici cum radice)…3.6g
• Zi Hua Di Ding (herba cum radice violae yedoensitis)…3.6g
• Ye Ju Hua (flos chrysanthemi indici)…3.6g
• Zi Bei Tian Kuei (herba begoniae fimbristipulatae)…3.6g
   

Indications: all types of boils and carbuncles with localized erythema, swelling, heat and pain with fever chills, red tongue with yellow coat, rapid pulse. Used for deep rooted and hard lesions which resemble nails or chestnuts.

Yang He Tang

warms Yang, tonifies blood, expels Cold, unblocks stagnation
Wai Ke Zheng Zhi Quan Sheng Ji

• Shu Di Huang (radix rehmanniae glutinosae conquitae)…30g
• Lu Jiao Jiao (colla cornu cervi)…9g
• Rou Gui (cortex cinnamomi)…3g
• Pao Jiang (quick fried rhizoma zingiberis officinalis)…1.5g
• Bai Jie Zi (semen sinapis albae)…6g
• Ma Huang (herba ephedrae)…1.5g
• Gan Cao (radix glycyrrhizae uralinsis)…3g
   

Indications: localized painful swellings without heads that blend into the surrounding tissue and do not affect the texture or colour of the skin, not hot to the touch, no thirst, pale tongue, deep thin forceless pulse.

Wei Jing Tang

clears Lung Heat, transforms Phlegm, moves Blood Stasis, discharges pus
Qian Jin Yao Fang

• Lu Gen (rhizoma phragnitis communis)…30g
• Yi Yi Ren (semen coicis lachryma-jobi)…30g
• Dong Gua Ren (semen benincasae hispidae)…24g
• Tao Ren (semen persicae)…9g
   

Indications: cough with foul smelling sputum that may be streaked with blood, slight fever, mild chest pain, dry scaly skin, red tongue with greasy yellow coat, slippery rapid pulse.

Da Huang Mu Dan Pi Tang

drains Heat, breaks up Blood Stasis, disperses clumping, reduces swelling
Jin Gui Yao Lue

• Da Huang (radix and rhizoma rhei)…12g
• Mang Xiao (mirabilitum0…9-12g  [dissolve in strained decoction]
• Mu Dan Pi (cortex moutan radicis)…3g
• Tao Ren (semen persica)…9-15g
• Dong Gua Ren (semen benincasae hispidae)…15-30g
   

Indications: lower abdominal distension and pain on the right that increases with pressure, very tender, thin yellow greasy tongue coat, slippery rapid pulse, may also be a mass in the lower abdomen, irregular intermittent fever followed by chills and sweating.

Yi Yi Fu Zi Bai Jiang San

expels pus & reduces swelling, intestinal abscess without fever
Jin Gui Yao Lue

• Yi Yi Ren (semen coicis lachryma-jobi)…24-30g
• Fu Zi (radix lateralis aconite carmichaeli praeparata)…6-9g
• Bai Jiang Cao (herba baijiangcao)…15-18g
   

Indications: fully formed intestinal abscess without fever, scaly skin due to internal constraint leading to stagnation of the Ying Qi which results in dry blood on the surface, taut skin around the abdomen that is soft to the touch, rapid pulse.