Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 60)

Page Five

Volume of... Wang original: "Wang" (王). Referring to Wang Kentang, the Ming Dynasty physician and author of the medical compendium "Standards for Diagnosis and Treatment."

Regarding the eruption of mumps-like swelling fazhaoriginal: "fazha" (發痄). Historically used to describe acute inflammatory swellings around the ear and jaw, closely corresponding to mumps or acute parotitis., this is caused by wind-evil pathogens and accumulated toxins in the Hand Yang Brightness meridian original: "Shou Yangming Jing" (手陽明經). Also known as the Large Intestine meridian; in traditional medicine, its pathway governs the lower face and jaw. lodging in front of the ear-conjunction and pouring into the area behind the jaw joint.

Its initial appearance is shaped like rice grains, which gradually becomes red and swollen. The patient suffers from intense heat-sores across the area, the tips of which contain pus and blood. This is accompanied by a sense of heaviness, exhaustion, and dizziness, as well as the onset of nausea and vomiting.

The method of treatment is as follows:
1. First, administer Angelica and Forsythia Powder original: "Danggui Lianqiao San" (當歸連翹散). A formula used to clear heat and resolve toxins..
2. Follow this with Detoxification Pills original: "Jiedu Wan" (解毒丸)..
3. One must first promote drainage original: "shuli" (疏利). A clinical strategy to clear the body's pathways of toxins, often via the bowels or by dispersing stagnation..
4. Afterward, administer Wind-Eliminating Powder original: "Xiaofeng San" (消風散). A classic formula for treating skin conditions caused by wind-heat. to remove the lingering wind-heat.

For the opening of the sore itself, apply Poison-Expelling Powder original: "Zhuidu San" (追毒散). topically.