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Treating the initial onset of abscesses or those already erupted, with high pathogenic factors and lower pain, severe sores, emaciated form, and weak pulse.

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Zhu Dan-xi said: If in winter there is a swollen sore, using it can turn the severe into the mild; if in summer there is an ulcer, using the warm dispersing properties of cinnamon and magnolia bark, assisted by Saposhnikovia Root and Dahurian Angelica, I fear that even with ginseng and astragalus, it would be difficult to rely on them. People do not distinguish between winter and summer, nor do they consider the meridians, and thus cannot avoid mistakes. The Essentials of Medicine says: To treat sores, one must use methods to support the interior, dredge the zang-fu organs, and harmonize the nutritive and defensive qi. These three methods are: for those with internal conditions, the pulse is deep and solid, with fever and dysphoria, and no external redness, but deep internal pain, indicating that the pathogenic qi is deep. One should dredge the zang-fu organs to cut off the source. For those with external conditions, the pulse is floating and rapid, with external swelling and obvious external symptoms, fearing that the pathogenic qi will penetrate inward. One should first support the interior. For those with conditions between internal and external, there is no external redness or foul qi, and the zang-fu organs are also unobstructed, indicating that the condition is in the meridians. One should harmonize the nutritive and defensive qi. Using these three methods, although the condition may not be immediately cured, there will certainly be no deterioration of the pattern.

1. This formula adds Peony Root, Forsythia, Aucklandia Root, frankincense, myrrh, also known as Internal-Supporting Powder, to treat back gangrene boils and sores.