主症

本病起初状如栗粒，色或黄或紫，或起水泡，脓疱，根结坚硬如钉，自觉麻痒而疼痛轻微，继则红肿灼热，疼痛增剧，多有寒热。如见壮热烦躁，眩晕呕吐，神识昏惯，舌质红，舌苔黄。脉数者，为疔毒内攻之象，称为"疔疮走黄"，如发生于四肢，患处有红丝上窜的，名为"红丝疔"。

Main Manifestations

At the onset, it appears like a yellowish or purplish grain of millet, or is a blister or pustule with a hard base, associated with numbness, itching and mild pain. Then there are redness, swelling, burning sensation and intense pain usually accompanied by chills and fever. Then the presence of high fever. Irritability, dizziness, vomiting, unconsciousness, red tongne with yellow coating and rapid pulse signifies the toxicity of the boil, intoxicating the interior and it is known as "septic boil ".

治法

取督脉、手阳明经穴为主，毫针刺用泻法，或三棱针点刺出血。

Treatment

Points of Governor Vessel and Large Intestine Meridians are mainly prescribed. Reducing technique or bleeding with three-edged needle is applied.医学全在线网站www.med126.com

处方

身柱 灵台 合谷 委中

Prescription

SHENZHU (GV 12), LINGTAI (GV 10), HEGU (LI 4), and WEIZHONG (BL 40).

随证配穴

根据患部所属经脉选穴。
如生于面部的配商阳、曲池；
生于食指端的加曲池、迎香；
生于颞部的加阳陵泉、足窍阴；
生于足小趾、次趾的加阳陵泉、听会；
如系红丝疔，可沿红丝的止点，依次点刺到起点，以泄其恶血。

Additional Points

Some points are supplemented in accordance with the meridians involved by the focus of the boil, e.g.
boil on the face: SHANGYANG(LI 1), and QUCHI(LI 11);
on the tip of index finger: QUCHI (LI 11) and YINGXIANG (LI 20);
on temporal region: YANGLINGQUAN(GB 34) and ZUQUAOYIN (GB 44);
on the fourth or fifth toe: YANGLINGQUAN(GB 34) and TINGHUI(GB 3);
and the red-thread boil is punctured by pricking the red line from the proximal end to the focus on the purpose to eliminate the toxic blood.