Description
Xiang Pi Gao (Corium Elephatis Plaster), from Essentials of Orthopedics and Traumatology (Shang Ke Bu Yao).
Actions: Invigorate blood and promote granulation, and reunion of fractured tendons and bones. Indicated for the treatment of injury from fall and ruptured bone, open injury, and various ulcers with slough healed and infection controlled and no evident purulent secretions
Indications: It is not suitable for the treatment of wound surface with large amounts of secretions and infection not controlled
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 861–873.
Preparation
Use Oleum Sesami ( ma you ) 500 g to deep-fry the first group of medicinals [except Rhizoma Bletillae ( bai ji ) and Radix Ampelopsis ( bai lian )], remove dregs, add yellow wax 90 g, white wax 90 g, and powder of Rhizoma Bletillae ( bai ji ) and Radix Ampelopsis ( bai lian ), make into ointment; grind the second group of medicinals into fine powder, then pour into the ointment, and then spread and apply externally
Traditional formula information is for educational purposes only. Herbal formulas should be prescribed by a qualified practitioner — dosages and combinations are individualized and can interact with medications.
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