What are the Chinese herbal medicines for reducing swelling and suppuration?

When people's body resistance decreases, they are often easily invaded by various pathogens. Many pathogens will form abscesses after invading the human body. The most common abscess is the boil on the skin. These boils are extremely painful and can cause infection if they break, endangering the health of other people. Therefore, people with abscesses need to take some anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs to treat themselves. So, what are the Chinese herbal medicines that can reduce swelling and suppuration?

The most powerful Chinese medicine for reducing swelling and draining pus:

Gleditsia sinensis: warm in nature, spicy in taste, enters the liver and stomach meridians. Function: remove toxins, discharge pus, promote blood circulation and reduce swelling. Clinical application: It is suitable for treating carbuncle, ulcer and sore at the initial stage, or pus formation without ulceration. It is not suitable for treating carbuncle and ulcer which have already ulcerated.

Angelica dahurica: spicy and warm in nature. It enters the lung and stomach meridians. Function: dispel wind and relieve exterior symptoms, relieve pain, reduce swelling and discharge pus, dry dampness and stop leukorrhea. Angelica dahurica is used to treat sores and ulcers. It can dissipate the sores at the initial stage and discharge pus after ulceration. It is a commonly used medicine in surgery. Clinical application: If mastitis is just beginning, it can be used together with dandelion and trichosanthes; if pus is not discharged smoothly, it can be used with honeysuckle and radix trichosanthis. It can also be ground into powder and applied externally to eliminate sores.

Traditional Chinese medicine for draining pus from internal abscesses

Patrinia salsa: slightly cold in nature, spicy and bitter in taste. Enters the stomach, large intestine and liver meridians. Functions: clearing away heat and detoxifying, eliminating carbuncle and discharging pus, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It is an important medicine for internal carbuncles and a must-have for intestinal carbuncles. Clinical application: It can be used together regardless of whether the carbuncle has formed or not, and whether it has pus or not. The use of Herba Patriniae to treat intestinal abscesses was first reported by Zhang Zhongjing, such as Coix Seed, Aconite and Patriniae Powder. It is used to treat lung abscess (lung abscess) in combination with honeysuckle, forsythia, etc. In recent years, it has also been used to treat liver abscess. Use it to treat sores, carbuncles and swellings, and at the same time, mash the fresh grass of this product for external application.

Houttuynia cordata: slightly cold in nature, bitter in taste, enters the lung meridian, bladder and large intestine meridian. It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, draining pus and eliminating carbuncles, and promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria. It is good at external treatment and internal attack, and is an important medicine for internal and external carbuncles. Clinical application: It is used to treat chest pain caused by lung abscess, coughing up pus and blood, etc. It is often used in combination with platycodon, fresh reed root, trichosanthes peel, wax gourd seeds, raw coix seed, peach kernel, and elephant shell. To treat sores and carbuncles, you can apply the crushed Houttuynia cordata alone or with honey.