Week 10- Formulas that Treat Abscess and Sores_External Abscesses and Sores Flashcards
Pin yin
Immortals’ Formula for Sustaining Life
Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin
Ax
Clears heat and resolves fire toxin, reduces swelling and promotes the discharge of pus, invigorates the blood, and alleviates pain
Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin
Dx
Fire toxin or phlegm-fire
Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin
S/Sx
EARLY-STAGE sores and carbuncles w red, swollen, hot and painful skin lesions, usually accompanied by fever, mild chills, ha
Tongue: a thin tongue coating [either white or slightly yellow]
Pulse: Rapid forceful
Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin
Pinyin
Five-Ingredient Drink to Eliminate Toxin
Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin
Dx
Fire Toxin
Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin
Ax
Clears heat, resolves toxicity, cools the blood, and reduces swelling
We Wei Xiao Du Yin
S/Sx
All types of boils and carbuncles w localized erythema, swelling, heat and pain accompanied by fever, chills
TONGUE: red w yellow coating
PULSE: rapid
Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin
Which formula is especially useful for deep-rooted and hard lesions that are said to resemble nails or chestnuts?
Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin
Which formula is for EARLY-STAGE yang sores that develop rapidly as well for various inflammatory disorders that present w blood stasis, phlegm, and heat toxin?
Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin
PinYin
Four-Valiant Decoction for Well-Being
Si Miao Yang An Tang
Ax
Clears heat, resolves toxicity, nourishes the YIN, invigorates the blood, and alleviates pain
Si Miao Yong An Tang
Dx
Sloughing ulcer due to obstruction by fire toxin leading to stasis of blood in the sinews and blood vessels
Si Miao Yong An Tang
S/Sx
Ulcerated, non-healing sores (which may have a rotten smell and copious discharge) on a dark red, slightly swollen limb that is WARM to the touch and extremely painful, along with fever, thirst
TONGUE: red
PULSE: rapid
Si Miao Yong An Tang
Which formula combines a strategy of clearing heat and resolving toxicity with nourishing the YIN fluids and invigorating the blood?
Si Miao Yong An Tang