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Diseases of the Breast
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Western Tradition
Breast Lumps from Obstructed Milk
Topical applications for Swellings from corrupt Milk: 1. Linseed meal, Lentil meal, mixed with Oil of Rose and Saffron 2. Marrubium, Ebulus, Poppy leaf, Wormwood, Rue, Dodder, apply warm 3. Mix Egg and Oil of Rose 4. Mix powdered Egg shell, boiled Egg Yolk, Saffron and Oil of Roses and apply. 5. Tragacanth, Gum Arabic, Egg Wgite and Oil of Violets 6. Houseleek juice, Black Nightshade juice, egg white, oil of Rose 7. Ointment of Marshmallow (Dialthea) Breast, Hardness of, Fibroids, Tumors 1. Earth and Vinegar applied as a plaster 2. Bean beaten with Egg white and applied 3. Lentils infused in vinegar and applied 4. Bread crumbs mixed with Celery juice and applied. 5. Mallow stamped with oil, made hot, and applied 6. Henbane seed stamped in wine and applied 7. Sulphur mixed with wine and applied 8. Goat dung mixed with Vinegar and Bran and applied 9. Mice dung mixed with water and applied Decoction for Boils and Abscess Decoction for Cancer (Fuller) Decoction of Dodder of Thyme (Rhasis) Syrup of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue) Syrup of Fumitory Lesser (Mesue) Syrup to Purge all Humors of Frankfurt Hiera Pachii Powder of Gum Lacca Lesser (Dialacca Minor) (Mesue) Pills of Rhubarb (Mesue) Pills of Rhubarb (Greater) (Pil. de Raved Sceni) (Mesue) Indian Pills (Mesue) Triphera Persica (Mesue) Oil of Bitter Almonds Oil of Orris Plaster of Ammoniacum Plaster of Bayberries (Mesue) Plaster of Garlic Plaster of 4 Ingredients Plaster of Meliot Plaster of Saffron of Vigo Ointment of Marshmallow (Nicolas) Diachylon Diachylon with Orris Diachylon with Gums Ulcers and Cancer of the Breast From The Treasury of Health, 1550: 1. Plaster of Litharge 2. Plaster of Black Nightshade 3. Olive leaf beaten and applied 'kills the Cancer in womens breast' Breast, Fistulas of Decoction for Cancer |
TCM Classification
Breast Lumps Qi Stagnation Breasts tenderness, lumps that come and go, especially before the period, PMS, emotional, headache, mild stress or depression Si Ni San Xiao Yao San Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San Chai Hu Shu Gan San Heat and Toxin Breast Abscess or hard swelling that's red and painful Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin Xi Huang Wan Heat, or Heat and Damp Irritable, headache, restless, angry, red tongue with a yellow coating, rapid pulse Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San Long Dan Xie Gan Tang Phlegm and Damp Stagnation Lumps in the breast, fibrocytic Breast disease, cough with white sputum, nausea, coated tongue and a slippery pulse Er Chen Tang Hai Zao Yu Hu Tang Blood Stasis with Phlegm Chronic lumps, fixed pain, clotted menstruation, dysmenorrhea, purplish tongue coat with dark spots, dark lips, choppy pulse Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan Zhen Ru Huo Ming Yin Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan Yang Deficiency Painful swelling that doesn't form a head, no redness; person is weak, feels the cold, has a pale tongue and a deep, weak pulse Yang He Tang |