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Source: Wài Kē Quán Shēng Jí 外科全生集

Ingredients:

• Mù biē zǐ (木鳖子 Momordicae Semen, momordica [seed]) 150g
• Cǎo wū (草乌 Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix, wild aconite [root]) 150g
• Wǔ líng zhī (五灵脂 Trogopteri Faeces, squirrel's droppings) 150g
• Bái jiāo xiāng (白胶香 Liquidambaris Resina, liquidambar) 150g
• Dì lóng (地龙 Pheretima , earthworm) 150g
• Rǔ xiāng (乳香 Olibanum , frankincense) 75g
• Mò yào (没药 Myrrha , myrrh) 75g
• Dāng guī shēn (当归身 Angelicae Sinensis Radicis Corpus, Chinese angelica body) 75g
• Shè xiāng (麝香 Moschus , musk) 30g
• Xiāng mò (香墨 Atramentum , ink) (charred) 12g
• Nuò mǐ fěn (糯米粉 Oryzae Glutinosae Farina, glutinous rice flour)

Action: Disperses swelling and disperses binds.

Indication: Phlegm nodes, scrofula, breast nodes, and all early-stage yīn flat-abscess (yīn jū), caused by cold, dampness, and phlegm obstructing the channels and characterized by absence of any change in skin color.

Category: External medicine formulas

Method: Make into pills with glutinous rice.

Warnings: Pregnancy.

Rationale: Cǎo wū expels cold-damp, frees the channels and network vessels, and disperses swelling and relieves pain. Mù biē zǐ and Fēng xiāng zhī disperse swelling and relieve pain, as well as dispersing binds and resolving toxin. Shè xiāng frees the channels and network vessels, in addition to transforming stasis and dispersing swellings. These four sovereign agents combined expel cold and phlegm, as well as transforming stasis and dispersing swelling. Dì lóng combined with Cǎo wū dispels phlegm and frees the network vessels, tracks down wind and frees yáng. Charred ink combined with Shè xiāng transforms turbidity. Rǔ xiāng, Mò yào, Wǔ líng zhī, and rice wine quicken the blood and disperse binds. Dāng guī body supplements the blood.

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