Immortal Formula for Preserving Life Decoction，From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.，For all types of heat-toxin-induced abscesses, boils, sores, and ulcers characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain, whether pus has formed or not.Idiopathic malignant sores, back abscesses, brain abscesses, temple abscesses, buttock abscesses, gangrenous ulcers, scrofula, syphilis, anal abscesses, scrotal abscesses, mastitis, smallpox carbuncles and smallpox toxins, and burning pain in smallpox lesions.
Immortal Formula for Preserving Life Decoction
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Formulas Name : Immortal Formula for Preserving Life Decoction
Chinese Name : 仙方活命饮
Drug Formulation
Pangolin Scale 1 qian, Licorice 1 qian, Fangfeng 1 qian, Myrrh 1 qian, Red Peony Root 1 qian, White Angelica Root 6 fen, Angelica Root Tips 1 qian, Frankincense 1 qian, Fritillary Bulb 1 qian, Trichosanthes Root 1 qian, Horn Thistle 1 qian, Honeysuckle 3 qian, Dried Tangerine Peel 3 qian.
Source
From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.
Benefits
For all types of heat-toxin-induced abscesses, boils, sores, and ulcers characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain, whether pus has formed or not.Idiopathic malignant sores, back abscesses, brain abscesses, temple abscesses, buttock abscesses, gangrenous ulcers, scrofula, syphilis, anal abscesses, scrotal abscesses, mastitis, smallpox carbuncles and smallpox toxins, and burning pain in smallpox lesions.
Instructions for Use
Use 3 bowls of good wine and simmer until reduced to 1½ bowls. If the condition affects the upper body, take after a meal; if the lower body, take before a meal. Additionally, drink 3–4 cups of wine to enhance the medicine’s efficacy; this regimen must not be altered.
Note
Avoid sour or weak wine and iron utensils; after taking the decoction, lie on your side to sleep—the pain will subside and you will recover. Avoid bean sprouts, vegetable starch, greasy foods, and similar items; do not take this formula once the lesion has already ulcerated.
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Immortal Formula for Preserving Life Decoction,For all types of heat-toxin-induced abscesses, boils, sores, and ulcers characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain, whether pus has formed or not.Idiopathic malignant sores, back abscesses, brain abscesses, temple abscesses, buttock abscesses, gangrenous ulcers, scrofula, syphilis, anal abscesses, scrotal abscesses, mastitis, smallpox carbuncles and smallpox toxins, and burning pain in smallpox lesions.