TRADITIONAL INTERNAL MEDICINE – DISEASES & FORMULAS

Bruising

Western Tradition

Simples

St. Johns wort
Comfrey
Madder
Myrrh
Dragons Blood

Agrimony
Self Heal
Rhubarb
Frankincense
Red Earth

Chinese Classification

Blood Stagnation
Die Da Wan
Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan
Qi Li San
Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang
Tao Hong Si Wu Tang
Wu Hu San
Yunnan Baiyao

1. Ladies Thistle leaves boiled and used as a wash or poultice.
2. Two or 3 ounces of Chervil juice taken.
3. Take a dram of Betony powder with water
4. Cumin, Salt (1 oz.), Honey (4 oz.). Boil a little and apply warm.

Formulas

Potion for Bruising
Decoction for Wounds
Vulnerary Decoction
Vulnerary Decoction (Wirtzung)
Universal Vulnerary Decoction (Joseph Du Chesne)
Syrup of Comfrey Compound
Tincture of Myrrh
Tincture for Blood Stagnation
Bruise Powder (Mesue)
Powder Against Bruising
Powder for Bruises (Lemery)
Powder for Bruising (Bononiense)
Powder for Bruising (Wirtzung)
Powder for Bruising Lesser (Renodeus)
Powder for Bruising Greater (Renodeus)
Powder for Congealed Blood in the Chest
Powder to Move Blood (Wirtzung)
Powder to Break Blood Above and Below (Nicholas)
Electuary for Internal Bruising
Oil of St. Johns wort
Oil of St. Johns wort Compound
Ointment for Congealed Blood
Plaster for Bruised Blood Under the Skin
Plaster of Saffron

Special Formula

Powder for Falls
    Lacca
    Myrrh
    Saffron.                             2 drams ea.
    Fenugreek                       half dram
    Red Earth                        3 drams

Decoction for Bruising
    Ladies Mantle
    Fennel
    Sage
    Parsley                           1 handful ea.
    Aniseed
    Fennel seed
    Hyssop
    Elecampane                  2 oz. ea.
Boil in 2 pints of water until one-third has wasted. “Drinking oftentimes of the said decoction, you shall see a marvellous experience” (Secrets of Alexis)

Bruising of the Liver
    Rhubarb                          10 drams
    Ginger                             20 drams
    Lacca                                5 drams
(Syrian ‘Book of Medicine’, Budge, 1913)

Plaster for Bruising:
   Comfrey
   Daisy leaf                         3 oz. each
   Camomile
   Meliot                                1 oz. each
Boil together, beat to a pulp, when using add a little Oil of Roses. (Wirtzung)

Plaster for Bruising
    Fresh Wormwood.         3 handfuls
    Comfrey leaf and root   2 handfuls
    Camomile
    Meliot                               1 handful ea.
    Fenugreek powder
    Linseed powder             3 drams ea.
    Oil of Camomile
    Oil of Roses
    Butter           .                    6 drams ea.
Make a plaster.

Stronger Plaster for Bruising:
   Comfrey root
   Daisy leaf                           3 oz. each
   Camomile
   Meliot
   Wormwood
   Cumin                                 1 oz. each
   Saffron                                1 dram
   Bean meal                         4 oz.
   Fresh Butter                       2 oz.
   Fenugreek meal               1 ½ oz.
Boil the herbs in water, then make a plaster. (Wirtzung)