Twenty-Four days ago, a female worker aged about 35 years found there was a lump in the median part of her right elbow without any obvious causes. There was an uncomfortable sensation of being involved by the activities of the right elbow. Then the patient thought it was caused by her excessive work. But after 1 week' s rest, the uncomfortable sensation was there as before, furthermore, there appeared a swelling-pain in the right shoulder, upper arm and armpit, and the lump in the median part of right elbow became as big as a duck' s egg. So that it' s difficult for her to put on clothes and comb her hair. Then she went to a hospital and was treated with intravenous dripping antibiotic drugs and oral taking "Cap's Cefradini" and "Tab. Erythromycini Ethylsuccinatis" and so on. After half a month's treatment, the swelling-pain in the right upper arm, shoulder and armpit was relieved a little while the lump in the median part of the right elbow was as same as before, the patient couldn' t hold up her right hand and abduct her right arm. Because the patient was afraid of the operation, then she came here for treatment on November 25,2004. After the sickness came on, the patient kept her urination, defecation, sleeping and appetite normal all along.
This disease, in TCM, belongs to the category of "LiuZhu" (multiple abscess). It's caused by the exogenous damp-heat, which attacked the defensive mechanism and constructive mechanism of the body, and got into the muscle and then lurked in the meridian deeply.
It's most important to use some powerful evil-expropriating and meridian dredging drugs to strike the abscess directly and effectively. In addition, it' s helpful to use some heat-clearing drugs. Because the evils were located in the meridian, it's necessary to apply some external drugs onto the affected region to soften the mass and induce subsidence of swelling.
After 1 month's follow-up, the patient was well all along,
