TCM External Therapy ⁽³⁰⁾

Huoxue Zhitong Gao (Blood-Activating Pain-Relieving Plaster) is a topical Chinese patent medicine produced by several manufacturers; patients can buy it online or at offline pharmacies. Its ingredients include: Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Shannai (Kaempferiae Rhizoma), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Gansong (Nardostachyos Radix et Rhizoma), Dahuang (Rhei…

"Zirantong San" (Pyrite Powder) comes from Shengji Zonglu (Comprehensive Record on the Holy Benevolence). Its composition is: Zirantong (pyrite) and Mituoseng (litharge), each 1 liang (30 g, calcined together and ground); Gancao (Licorice Root) and Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark), each 2 liang (60 g, ground together).

The Yizong Jinjian (Golden Mirror of the Medical Orthodoxy) contains an external formula called "Fujin Shengji San." Its composition is: Ercha (catechu), Ruxiang (Olibanum), Moyao (Myrrh), Xuejie (Draconis Sanguis), and Han Sanqi (Sedum Notoginseng), each 3 qian (9 g), Bingpian (Borneol) 1 qian (3 g),…

Xueshan Jin Luohan Zhitu Mo is a topical Chinese patent medicine. Its composition includes: Tiebangchui (Aconitum Brachypodum Root), Yanhusuo (Corydalis, Rhizoma Corydalis), Wulingzhi (Trogopterus Dung), Xuelianhua (Snow Lotus Flower), Chuanxiong (Szechuan Lovage, Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Hongjingtian (Rhodiola), Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla, Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae), Taoren (Peach Kernel),…

The Qianjin Yaofang (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) records an external formula called Tuo Zhong Fang (Swelling-Topicalizing Formula). It is composed of equal parts: Dahuang (Rhubarb), Huangqin (Scutellaria), Bailian (Ampelopsis), and Mangxiao (Mirabilite). Cut the herbs into pieces, boil in 600 ml of water…

Anyang Jingzhi Gao (Anyang Refined Plaster) is a modern external plaster formula included in the 2005 edition of the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China, Part I. Its composition is: raw Chuanwu (Aconitum carmichaelii) 24g, raw Caowu (Aconitum kusnezoffii) 24g, Wuyao (Lindera aggregata) 24g,…

Take 2 liang of Zhuyazao (Chinese honey locust tooth), break it open, place it over a low heat until it smokes, and fumigate the anus for about 10-15 minutes; bowel sounds will ensue. If ineffective, repeat the fumigation 1-2 times. One report describes 10 cases…

Huahe Gao is from Waike Zhengzhi Quansheng Ji by Wang Hongxu, the Qing-dynasty surgery master. The formula: 2 kg of rapeseed oil, 14 geckos, 28 spiders, 36 snails. Put all together in a wok and simmer until the geckos, spiders and snails are scorched and…

In Waike Zhengzhi Quansheng Ji, by the Qing-dynasty surgeon Wang Hongxu, there is an external swelling-reducing and pain-relieving formula called 'Yibi Xiao.' It consists of: Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) 60 g, Tenghuang (Gamboge) 30 g, Mingfan (alum) and Chansu (Bufonis Venenum) each 15 g,…

Fumigation therapy (xunliao fa) is a treatment method commonly used in TCM external medicine. Generally, ignited mulberry wood, chaff, or herbal powder (the powder rolled into a medicinal roll in thick straw paper) is used to fumigate the skin over the lesion, so as to…