Blood tumor

A tumor (a growth on the outside of the body) attributed to blood bind and qì stagnation that block the channels and network vessels and are exacerbated by contraction of external evil. The tumor is purple or red in color, has hard and soft spotsand is surrounded by dimly visible red threads. If accidentally ruptured by grazing, it bleeds persistently. It may grow on the lips, neck, or limbs.

Biomedical correspondence: angioma.

Medicinal therapy: Cool and nourish the blood; enrich yīn and repress fire. Use Scutellaria, Coptis, Anemarrhena, and Fritillaria Pill (芩连二母丸 qín lián èr mǔ wán).

See tumor.