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Single-Ingredient Yang-Elevating Powder

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Single-Ingredient Yang-Elevating Powder,For boils, abscesses, back sores, and all toxic sores characterized by diffuse white swelling of a yin nature.

Formulas Name : Single-Ingredient Yang-Elevating Powder

Chinese Name : 一味升阳散

Drug Formulation

4 liang of Polygala root.

Source

From *A Compendium of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 2.

Benefits

For boils, abscesses, back sores, and all toxic sores characterized by diffuse white swelling of a yin nature.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 liang of the herb and simmer in 2 bowls of aged wine until reduced to 1 bowl; then add half a bowl of fine wine. Take this warm before bedtime. Take the remaining 2 liang of Polygala root along with the dregs, add a small amount of fire-distilled wine and rice lees, and pound the mixture into a paste. Apply this paste around the affected area and bandage it securely. Mild cases will be cured after one dose; severe cases after two doses; and cases where the skin has broken through will be completely healed after 5–7 doses.

Single-Ingredient Yang-Elevating Powder,From *A Compendium of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 2.,For boils, abscesses, back sores, and all toxic sores characterized by diffuse white swelling of a yin nature.

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