TCM Surgery ⁽¹⁶⁾

Mingyin Ji of Surgery (Waike Mingyin Ji) is a work by He Jingcai, a Hui (Muslim) village physician from Dachang County, Hebei, in the late Qing dynasty. The book was published in the twenty-eighth year of the Guangxu reign (1902). He Jingcai borrowed money to…

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…

Huisheng Gao (Life-Returning Paste) comes from the Jiyan Liangfang (Effective Formulas Collected for Relief), compiled during the Kangxi reign of the Qing dynasty. Composition: Chuanbeimu (Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus) 8 liang, Mao'er Yanjingcao (Euphorbiae Helioscopiae Herba) 1 jin, Xiakucao (Prunellae Spica) 1 jin, and sesame oil…

The Yizong Jinjian (Golden Mirror of the Medical Tradition) contains a prescription named "Fujin Shengji San" (Putrescence-Exhausting, Flesh-Generating Powder). Its composition is: ercha (catechu), ruxiang (olibanum), moyao (myrrh), xuejie (dragon's blood) and hansanqi (dried sanqi / notoginseng), each 3 qian (9 g); bingpian (borneol) 1…

The Qianjin Yaofang (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) contains a plaster formula named Hualiu Gao (Nodule-Resolving Plaster). Its composition is: fan-shi (alunite/ alum stone), chuanxiong (Sichuan lovage rhizome), danggui (angelica root), dahuang (rhubarb), huanglian (coptis), chishao (red peony root), bailian (ampelopsis root) and huangqin…

In the lower volume of "Waike Jingyi" (The Essence of External Medicine) by Qi Dezhi, the Yuan-dynasty master of external medicine, there is a formula called "Dihuang Jian Wan" (Rehmannia Decoction Pills). It treats malignant sores, toxic abscesses, and bound, difficult urination and defecation. Its…

In TCM external medicine, the toad is a treasure. Many external-medicine conditions rely on the toad's "using poison to attack poison" for treatment. The famous TCM educator Professor Wang Mianzhi, when lecturing on Formula Studies, once mentioned that in his childhood back home, when children…

A powder made mainly from realgar (xionghuang) and dried alum (ku fan) (or white alum, mingfan), ground together with other herbs for external application, is generally named Xiong Fan Powder (Realgar-Alum Powder). There are many formulas named Xiong Fan Powder; the main active ingredients are…

Scleroderma is one of the connective tissue diseases with the highest mortality. Its main symptoms are generalized sclerosis of the skin and viscera, with vasculitis and fibrosis occurring throughout the body's organs; it is called scleroderma because of the hard lesions of the skin. The…

Tuoli Xiaodu San (Interior-Supporting Toxin-Expelling Powder) comes from Waike Zhengzong (Orthodox Manual of External Medicine) by the Ming-dynasty surgical master Chen Shigong, volume 1. Its composition is: Renshen (Ginseng), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum), Baishao (white Paeonia), Huangqi (Astragalus), Danggui (Angelica), Baizhu (Atractylodes), Fuling (Poria), Jinyinhua (honeysuckle), each…