Xiaoluo Wan ⁽²⁾

Zhang Xichun, a famous physician of the integration-of-Chinese-and-Western-medicine school in the late Qing and early Republican periods, had two empirical formulas for treating scrofula: one was the orally taken "Xiaoluo Wan" (Nodule-Resolving Pill), and the other was the externally applied "Xiaoluo Gao" (Nodule-Resolving Paste). The…

Xiaoluo Wan (Scrofula-Dispersing Pill) is a famous formula from Yixue Xinwu (Medical Mind-Awakening) for treating phlegm-nodules and scrofula (various benign and malignant tumors and tuberculous lesions). It consists of three herbs—Xuanshen (Scrophularia), Zhebeimu (Zhejiang Fritillary), and Shengmuli (raw Oyster shell)—and treats scrofula and phlegm-nodules due…