Five Tigers Powder

Five Tigers Powder,Effective for all types of unexplained swellings and toxic sores, abscesses, wandering damp-toxin infections, and malignant ulcers.

Formulas Name : Five Tigers Powder

Chinese Name : 五虎散

Drug Formulation

8 liang of Strychnos nux-vomica, 30 Sichuan centipedes, 3 qian of pollen, 3 qian of Northern Asarum, 1 qian of cattail pollen, 1 qian of Angelica dahurica, 0.5 fen of Lithospermum, 0.5 fen of turtle shell slices, 0.5 fen of realgar.

Source

From *Chuanyaba*, Volume 1.

Processing

Boil the Strychnos nux-vomica in water to remove the skin and hair; add 10 liang of sesame oil and the aforementioned herbs, then decoct until the mixture turns dry and black. Remove the dregs, then add the Strychnos nux-vomica and fry until it turns a light yellow color—do not let it burn to a charcoal black—then remove and grind into a fine powder.

Benefits

Effective for all types of unexplained swellings and toxic sores, abscesses, wandering damp-toxin infections, and malignant ulcers.

Instructions for Use

Take 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 fen per dose, washed down with aged wine. Adjust the dosage according to the patient’s age, stature, and physical condition.

Note

Contraindicated for pregnant women.

Five Tigers Powder,From *Chuanyaba*, Volume 1.,Effective for all types of unexplained swellings and toxic sores, abscesses, wandering damp-toxin infections, and malignant ulcers.

More Herbs Formulas

Qi-Regulating Xiangsu Powder

Qi-Regulating Xiangsu Powder,*New Compilation of Mei’s Proven Formulas*, Volume 6.,For contusions, sprains, and strains of the waist, abdomen, hands, and feet, as well as all cases of stagnant qi and qi stagnation, this formula may be administered. When qi flows smoothly, stasis blood will not accumulate and cause harm.

Great Salvation Pills

Great Salvation Pills,*Qian Jin*, Volume 17.,For masses and accumulations, latent pathogens, chronic illnesses with alternating chills and fever, qi stagnation circulating beneath the skin, long-standing illnesses with deep-seated pathogenic factors, wasting of muscles, heat in the limbs, vomiting and inability to eat, typhoid fever, seasonal epidemics, and malignant stagnation; for sweating, locked jaw, and chest … Read more

Emergency Pill for Epidemic Diseases

Emergency Pill for Epidemic Diseases,*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.,For heatstroke, cold-induced illness, summer-heat-dampness, cholera, dizziness, fever, abdominal pain, intestinal rumbling, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Enhanced Toxin-Resolving Decoction

Enhanced Toxin-Resolving Decoction,*Complete Book of Experience on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 6.,For lower-body sores that have become gangrenous and sunken, forming a depression; or for the foreskin swollen like a chicken gizzard; or for skin manifestations resembling spots or rashes, indicating an impending outbreak of sores.

Sour Jujube Seed and Scutellaria Decoction

Sour Jujube Seed and Scutellaria Decoction,From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 32.,Used for residual fever that has not dissipated after a cold, resulting in insomnia.

Gao Liangjiang Formula

Gao Liangjiang Formula,From *Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 3.,After sweating due to cold damage, if coughing and belching persist, it indicates that the ascending and descending energies of yin and yang are attempting to induce sweating. Since the ascending energy fails to rise and the descending energy fails to fall, stomach qi … Read more

Ten-Water Pills

Ten-Water Pills,From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in Volume 10 of *Yixin Fang*.,For ten types of edema.

Lung-Moistening and Inflammation-Resolving Decoction

Lung-Moistening and Inflammation-Resolving Decoction,From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 8.,Red, inflamed skin sores with red spots all over the body.

Green Onion Powder

Green Onion Powder,*Effective Formulas*, Volume 7.,All types of hemorrhoids. “Fish-mouth” anal abscesses, whether fully developed or not.

Clove Pain-Relieving Powder

Clove Pain-Relieving Powder,*The Treasure of Health* (Weisheng Baojian), Volume 13.,Unbearable pain in the chest. Abdominal pain caused by cold.

Human Milk Porridge

Human Milk Porridge,From *Shou Shi Qing Bian*, Volume 2.,For dryness syndromes.

Stomach-Nourishing and Harmony-Restoring Tea Substitute

Stomach-Nourishing and Harmony-Restoring Tea Substitute,*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.,Qi deficiency leading to phlegm production, mental and physical exhaustion, a short tongue and dry mouth, and inability to tolerate food.

Double Ginger Pills

Double Ginger Pills,From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 19, citing *Essential Home Remedies*.,For chronic or recent coughs with continuous, unceasing sounds; cough with phlegm.

Exposed Bee Hive Ointment

Exposed Bee Hive Ointment,*Shenghui*, Volume 66.,Wind-induced fistula. Caused by heat toxins and toxic qi that have coalesced into scrofula.

Si Wu Decoction with Rhubarb

Si Wu Decoction with Rhubarb,*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 4.,For cases where a woman has not had a bowel movement for several days after childbirth and experiences lower abdominal pain.

Pomegranate Root Powder

Pomegranate Root Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 56.,For roundworms, pinworms, and similar parasites causing pain in the heart and abdomen.

Yellow Rat Ointment

Yellow Rat Ointment,Formula taken from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 5), citing a formula by the Yao family; the name appears in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 325).,Mastitis.

Raw Yin Decoction to Stop Diarrhea

Raw Yin Decoction to Stop Diarrhea,*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.,Used for yin depletion following severe diarrhea.

Diarrhea-Stopping Pills

Diarrhea-Stopping Pills,From *Selected Precious Family-Transmitted Formulas by Ding Ganren*.,Diarrhea.

Yuyin Decoction

Yuyin Decoction,*Yi Sha Cao*.,The rash has broken through the skin and is dry; the tongue is crimson and the saliva is dry; the throat is ulcerated and the bowels are constipated; the pulse is string-like and lacks vitality.

Enhanced Zhi-Ju Er-Chen Decoction

Enhanced Zhi-Ju Er-Chen Decoction,*Huiyue*, Volume 7.,Wind-cold common cold, headache with hoarse voice, absence of sweat and aversion to cold, phlegm congestion and qi stagnation, with a floating and tight pulse.

Aconite Root Pills

Aconite Root Pills,From *Shenghui*, Volume 44.,For wind-toxin affecting the liver and kidneys, causing pain in the lower back and legs; bone marrow pain; inability to bend or stretch; as well as rheumatic arthritis and kidney-related pain in the lower back and legs.

Salix Flower Powder

Salix Flower Powder,From *Yanxia Shengxiao Fang*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 24.,Itching all over the body; in severe cases, the patient may lose consciousness.

Enhanced Decoction of Ginseng, Atractylodes, Aconite, and Ginger

Enhanced Decoction of Ginseng, Atractylodes, Aconite, and Ginger,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.,In the winter months, a case of cold damage that has persisted for 10 days, with the Taiyin Spleen Earth meridian affected by pathogenic factors, manifesting as aversion to cold and vomiting.

Dragon Pearl Pills

Dragon Pearl Pills,From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 16.,For headaches, eye twitching, and throat obstruction such as “choking throat wind.”