Decoction for Dispersing Swelling and Breaking Up Hardened Lesions，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.，Sword-wound sores that are hard as stone—whether located below the ear extending to the clavicular fossa, on the shoulder, or under the flank—all belong to the Hand and Foot Shaoyang Meridians; as well as scrofula widespread across the chin or extending to the jawline, which is firm and does not ulcerate, originating from the Foot Yangming Meridian; or sores on these two meridians that have already ruptured and are discharging pus and fluid.
Decoction for Dispersing Swelling and Breaking Up Hardened Lesions
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Formulas Name : Decoction for Dispersing Swelling and Breaking Up Hardened Lesions
Chinese Name : 散肿溃坚汤
Drug Formulation
8 qian of Scutellaria baicalensis (washed with wine; half stir-fried, half used raw), 5 qian of Gentiana scabra (washed with wine; each batch stir-fried 4 times), 5 qian of Trichosanthes kirilowii root (coarsely chopped, washed with wine), 5 qian of Phellodendron amurense (processed with wine),Anemarrhena rhizome (wine-processed) 5 qian, Platycodon root 5 qian, Kelp 5 qian, Bupleurum root 4 qian, Fried licorice root 3 qian, Beijing-grown Curcuma zedoaria (wine-washed) 3 qian, Guangdong-grown Curcuma zedoaria (wine-washed, stir-fried) 3 qian, Forsythia fruit 3 qian, Pueraria root 2 qian, White peony root 2 qian, Angelica root tips 2 qian, Coptis rhizome 2 qian, Cimicifuga root 6 fen.
Source
From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.
Benefits
Sword-wound sores that are hard as stone—whether located below the ear extending to the clavicular fossa, on the shoulder, or under the flank—all belong to the Hand and Foot Shaoyang Meridians; as well as scrofula widespread across the chin or extending to the jawline, which is firm and does not ulcerate, originating from the Foot Yangming Meridian; or sores on these two meridians that have already ruptured and are discharging pus and fluid.
Instructions for Use
Coarsely crush the ingredients. For each dose, take 6 qian of the mixture and 2 zhan and 8 fen of water. Soak for more than half a day, then decoct until reduced to 1 zhan. Strain out the residue and take it hot after a meal. While lying down, elevate your feet and lower your head. Take one mouthful at a time and swallow it 10 times. After finishing the dose, lie down as usual, as the medicine is intended to remain in the area above the diaphragm.Separately, grind half the dosage into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of mung beans, and take slightly more than 100 pills per dose, swallowing them with a mouthful of the decoction.
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Decoction for Dispersing Swelling and Breaking Up Hardened Lesions,Sword-wound sores that are hard as stone—whether located below the ear extending to the clavicular fossa, on the shoulder, or under the flank—all belong to the Hand and Foot Shaoyang Meridians; as well as scrofula widespread across the chin or extending to the jawline, which is firm and does not ulcerate, originating from the Foot Yangming Meridian; or sores on these two meridians that have already ruptured and are discharging pus and fluid.