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Source: Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn 医宗金鉴

Ingredients:

• Shú shí gāo (熟石膏 Gypsum Conquitum, cooked gypsum) 9g
• Shēng dān (升丹 Sublimatum Triplex , upborne elixir) 1g

Action: Draws out pus and toxin, dispels putridity and engenders flesh.

Indication: Sores that have burst but continue to suppurate and fail to heal. Can also be used to speed the healing of sores that have ceased suppurating.

Category:

Method: Sprinkle over the surface of the sore.

Rationale: Shí gāo is a contracting constraining agent that engender flesh. Three-agent sublimate, which is crude mercury oxide, produced by subliming Xiāo shí, alum, and mercury together, dispels putridity and draws out toxin.

Notes: The formula is so named because of the proportion of the agents.

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