Yang Sui Pill，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 1.，For boils and abscesses on the back, all types of toxic conditions, scrofula, anal abscesses, snake-induced carbuncles, hard lumps, and pain caused by wind, cold, and dampness.
Yang Sui Pill
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Formulas Name : Yang Sui Pill
Chinese Name : 阳燧锭子
Drug Formulation
5 fen of toad venom, 5 fen of cinnabar, 5 fen of Sichuan aconite, 5 fen of wild aconite, and 1 straight-bodied silkworm.
Source
From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 1.
Processing
Grind each of the above ingredients into a fine powder and mix evenly. Place 1 liang 5 qian of rock sulfur in a bowl and simmer over low heat until melted. Add the toad venom powder mixture and stir well. Remove from heat, then add 2 fen of Dangmenzi musk and 1 fen of borneol, stirring until uniform. Immediately pour into a damp porcelain dish, swirl quickly to form a sheet, allow to cool, and store in a porcelain jar.
Benefits
For boils and abscesses on the back, all types of toxic conditions, scrofula, anal abscesses, snake-induced carbuncles, hard lumps, and pain caused by wind, cold, and dampness.
Instructions for Use
To use, take a piece the size of a sweet melon seed—pointed at the top and flat at the bottom. First, rub the moxibustion site with red date pulp, then apply the medicine to it. Light it with a wick from an oil lamp and perform 5, 7, or 9 moxa cones. Upon completion, immediately drink half a wine cup of rice vinegar, then apply a small medicated plaster. Once a small amount of yellow fluid oozes out, the toxin will dissipate.For pain caused by wind-dampness, use chopsticks to press into the crevice between the bones at the site of soreness, then moxibustion at the marked spot; for leg swelling or knee ailments, perform moxibustion at the “Ghost’s Eye” acupoint; for sores caused by carrying heavy loads on the shoulders, perform one moxa cone at each swollen area.
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Yang Sui Pill,For boils and abscesses on the back, all types of toxic conditions, scrofula, anal abscesses, snake-induced carbuncles, hard lumps, and pain caused by wind, cold, and dampness.