Search for Herbal Teas Recipes by Symptom:

Gourd Toxin-Eliminating Pill

Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All references in this article to TCM syndrome differentiation, herbal medicines, teas, and decoctions are intended to promote TCM culture and are provided solely for educational and reference purposes.

Gourd Toxin-Eliminating Pill,Effective for all types of swollen, toxic, and hot boils.

Formulas Name : Gourd Toxin-Eliminating Pill

Chinese Name : 葫芦化毒丹

Drug Formulation

Rhubarb, Phellodendron bark, and Polygala root, each in equal parts.

Source

From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a powder, mix with pig bile to form pills, coat with realgar, and air-dry.

Benefits

Effective for all types of swollen, toxic, and hot boils.

Instructions for Use

To use, grind the mixture with rice vinegar until it becomes paste-like; dip a goose feather into the mixture and apply frequently to the affected area.

Gourd Toxin-Eliminating Pill,From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.,Effective for all types of swollen, toxic, and hot boils.

More Herbs Formulas

Stomach-Nourishing Pills

Stomach-Nourishing Pills,From *Yu’an*, Volume 4.,For spleen and stomach deficiency with cold, loss of appetite, and regurgitation with vomiting.

Secret Formula for the “Gu Zhen Dan” from Wuyun Palace

Secret Formula for the “Gu Zhen Dan” from Wuyun Palace,*He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 2.,For the Five Types of Exhaustion.

New Safe Remedy

New Safe Remedy,*New Book on Caring for Children*, Volume 7.,For chronic convulsions in children, where the child loses consciousness during an episode.

Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty’s Imperially Enfeoffed Continuation-Fluid Ointment

Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty’s Imperially Enfeoffed Continuation-Fluid Ointment,From *The Prescriptions of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives*, Volume 2.,Effective for all eye diseases, both chronic and acute.

Jieji Decoction

Jieji Decoction,*Treatise on the Subtleties of Cold Damage*, Volume 1.,For cases of shanghan where both yin and yang are in excess, with a floating and rapid pulse in both hands—or a tight or slow pulse—and strong pulses in all three positions; accompanied by absence of sweat and aversion to wind; occurring from the beginning of … Read more

Zhi Chi Zhi Huang Decoction

Zhi Chi Zhi Huang Decoction,From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.,After the food is digested, fever recurs.

Ma Hugan Powder

Ma Hugan Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 152.,Vaginal discharge of five colors in women.

Imperial Zichen Decoction

Imperial Zichen Decoction,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 167), citing *Formulas from the De Sheng Hall*.,For retching, nausea, and inability to eat or drink.

Banquet Powder

Banquet Powder,From *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 70, citing *Yanxia Shengxiao Fang*.,For the affected eye.

Three Marvels Seed Pills

Three Marvels Seed Pills,From *The Collection of Immortal Prescriptions*, Volume 3, citing *Effective Formulas*.,

Toxicity-Repelling Decoction

Toxicity-Repelling Decoction,From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.,Hemorrhoidal fistulas. For hemorrhoids that have not yet ruptured, have already ruptured, or have formed a fistula.

Pearl and Realgar Life-Saving Powder

Pearl and Realgar Life-Saving Powder,Formula by Xu Dan’an, cited in Volume 4 of *The Great Treasure of Health*.,For sore throat and measles.

Zhonghuang Powder

Zhonghuang Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 178.,For children with bloody or white diarrhea, reduced appetite for breast milk or food, and abdominal pain with a sensation of fullness and oppression.

Perilla Seed Qi-Descending Pills

Perilla Seed Qi-Descending Pills,From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Nanjing Formula).,For qi reversal with phlegm congestion, coughing and wheezing, and chest and diaphragm obstruction.

Agastache Stomach-Soothing Decoction

Agastache Stomach-Soothing Decoction,From *The Complete Collection on Shanghan and Preservation of Life*, Volume 2.,Persistent vomiting due to cold in the stomach.

Da Shun Pills

Da Shun Pills,From *Essentials of Formulas and Syndromes*, Volume 2.,Swelling caused by phlegm-encased food stagnation.

Conglong Decoction

Conglong Decoction,From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.,For phlegm-induced wheezing due to exogenous pathogens; used when the condition has not fully resolved after taking Xiao Qinglong Decoction, or when it has resolved but recurred.

Modified Qing Shi Decoction

Modified Qing Shi Decoction,*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 5.,For heat entering the blood chamber in a woman whose menstrual period has just begun; she is suffering from a common cold, with fever, aversion to cold, distension and fullness in the chest and flanks, and delirium.

Three-Seed Qi-Descending Decoction

Three-Seed Qi-Descending Decoction,From *Medical Explorations* (Vol. 5).,Plum-Kernel Qi.

Mugwort Wine

Mugwort Wine,From *The Collection of Immortal Remedies*, Volume 4, citing a formula by the Cheng family.,For all types of swollen abscesses and mastitis.

Throat Wind Life-Saving Pill

Throat Wind Life-Saving Pill,From *The Secret Book of Throat Remedies*: *Appendix*.,For acute throat wind with surging phlegm and reversed breath.

Divine Revitalizing Ointment

Divine Revitalizing Ointment,From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 183), citing *The Classic of Alchemy and Carpentry*.,Hemorrhoids with fistula.

Jade Milk Pill

Jade Milk Pill,Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 6 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.,For infants whose skull bones have not fused as they should, resulting in an open fontanelle.

Purple Stone Wine

Purple Stone Wine,*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 14.,For chronic wind-induced deficiency and cold, insufficiency of heart qi, or occasional episodes of fright and panic.

Cuttlefish Bone Pills

Cuttlefish Bone Pills,From *Yilin*, cited in *Yitong*, Volume 70.,For deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, with uncontrolled seminal leakage and persistent enuresis.