Boils and Abscesses
Boils & Abscesses
Boil and Abscesses are generally initiated by Heat or Heat and Toxin. With strong Heat or Toxin (Bile), there is large, red, painful boils or abscesses with yellow pus. When there is less redness but excess white pus or fluid, there is Damp-Heat (Bile and Phlegm or Pituitous Humor). When they are dark colored it indicates Blood stasis. Chronic conditions with hard cysts indicate Phlegm or Melancholy.
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Western Tradition 1. Neem, Turmeric, Picrorhiza (Ayurveda) |
TCM Classification |
Special Formula
| ELECTUARY FOR INTERNAL ABSCESSES | |
| Gum Ammoniac | |
| Sarcocolla 1 dram each | |
| Galbanum 2 drams | |
| Sugar Penids 3 drams | |
| Honey 1 spoonful | |
| Wine 2 measures | |
| Beat the gums and penids, mix with wine, put in a pot and add the wine and boil until melted and mixed. This is to be taken over 2 days. (Syrian “Book of Medicine”, trans. by Wallis Budge, 1913) |
