Medicine for Treating Boils

Gui Zhen San，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 12.，For stagnation of the spleen’s original qi, with pain radiating to the abdomen and flanks, intermittent stabbing pain, and a sensation of heaviness and sagging on one side, with unpredictable episodes; or for kidney qi “Bentun” syndrome and bladder hernia, where treatment with various medications has proven ineffective.

Gantong Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 65.，For sudden onset of cough due to wind-pathogen invasion.

Yanghe Erchen Decoction，*Mirror of Surgical Medicine*.，For wandering damp phlegm, yin-type abscesses behind the ear, bone-groove wind, breast abscesses, and soft abscesses in the lower abdomen.

Ganlu Wine，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.，For various deficiencies and debility.

Scutellaria and Atractylodes Decoction，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 5; name cited in *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，In the 4th–5th month of pregnancy, frequent miscarriage and instability are caused by severe heat.

Liver-Clearing and Head-Penetrating Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，Cerebrospinal fluid leakage. External yang pathogens scorch the body, while internal liver fire rages; the nasal passages are partially obstructed, and yellow fluid flows intermittently.

Xinrong Pills，From *Meng Shen’s Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 336).，For women whose uterus has long been affected by wind and cold, resulting in an unstable pregnancy and frequent miscarriages.

Miraculous Eye Medicine，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 11.，Cataracts.

Pig’s Head Powder，From *De Xiao*, Volume 12.，For a soft boil that has healed but has recurred.

Blood-Dispersing Trichosanthes Powder，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 7.，Initial stage of contusion.

Yuzhi Dan，*Shenghui*, Volume 95.，Effective for all wind-related ailments and women’s blood and qi disorders.

Toad Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 128.，For all types of sores, swellings, boils, carbuncles, and scrofula that have persisted for months without healing and are on the verge of developing into cold fistulas:

Maiwei Dihuang Pills，Supplement to *Formula Collection* in *Gathering of Insights on Surgical Diseases*.，Deficiency of kidney yin, with fire scorching the lung metal, manifesting as wheezing, coughing, and fever from overwork; may also present with epistaxis or chronic nasal discharge.

Wax-Fried Pancakes，*Shenghui*, Volume 96.，For bloody and watery dysentery.

Emergency Qi-Restoring Decoction，From *Secrets of Gynecology*, Volume 7.，For postpartum deficiency of central qi, abdominal distension, or belching and a sensation of fullness due to qi deficiency; also for life-threatening distension caused by the erroneous use of qi-depleting or qi-regulating medications.

Shenghua Tongjing Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Irregular menstrual cycles, classified as a pattern of blood stasis with excess, accompanied by scanty, yellow urine and a deep, taut, and forceful pulse.

Rabbit Blood Pills，*The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 10.，For smallpox in children.

Double-Action Fragrant Perilla Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For wind-cold common cold with fever and chills, headache without sweating, and aching limbs.

Daqing Decoction，From *The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 16 of the First Series.，Excess heat in the Spleen Meridian: the area is not hot to light touch, nor is it hot when pressed firmly down to the tendons and bones; it is neither light nor heavy, but lies between light and firm pressure—indicating heat in the … Read more

Honey and Fat Decoction，*Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies*, Volume 149.，For bee stings where the toxin has not been expelled and the pain persists.

Ginseng, Atractylodes, and Two-Seed Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，Intense fire in the pericardium and the Shanzhong region, with a dry mouth and tongue, a flushed face and eyes, and a tendency to be easily delighted and to laugh.

Ling Sha Wine，*De Xiao*, Volume 11.，For rashes or sores that have turned black and sunken without healing.

Black Plum Pills，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，Liver-related heat manifesting as malaria-like symptoms causes the patient’s complexion to turn ashen, with shortness of breath and a suffocating sensation, appearing as if dead; or, in cases of prolonged fever with slight tremors resembling malaria, the condition may persist for years without resolution.

Qi- and Blood-Nourishing Decoction，From *Supplementary Essentials of Traumatology*, Volume 3.，For trauma injuries with deficiency of the Ying and Wei Qi.

Huoxiang Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 67.，For severe qi reversal with excessive upward movement, dizziness and blurred vision, loss of appetite, occasional nausea, or a sensation of fullness in the epigastrium.