228 CASES OF PAINFUL SWELLING OF THE YANG-HEAT TYPE TREATED BY COMPRESS WITH XIAO ZHONG SAN

Painful swelling of the yang-heat type can be seen in many kinds of yang-heat syndromes of surgery, gynecology and pediatrics, and in some complications of internal medicine. Since 1987, we have successfully treated 228 cases of different painful swelling syndromes of the yang-heat type by compress with Xiao Zhong San (消肿散), which was developed through repeated scanning on the basis of an ancient prescription of Tiao Wei Cheng Qi Tang (调胃承气汤) described in Treatise on Febrile Diseases written by Zhang Zhongjing. This is reported as follows.