What does carbuncle boil mean?

Carbuncle, swelling, sore and furuncle are terms in traditional Chinese medicine, referring to four diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. All of these four diseases are skin diseases. For example, carbuncle is a purulent inflammation, which often appears on the neck and back. Patients often have fever symptoms. Swelling is not a disease, but a manifestation of a symptom. Treatment is a kind of sore and furuncle, which is a relatively common skin disease, mainly a manifestation of a symptom caused by Staphylococcus infection.

What does carbuncle boil mean?

1. Carbuncle

Definition: A chemotherapeutic inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, which is prone to occur in the neck and back, and is often accompanied by systemic symptoms such as chills and fever: carbuncle. Suck ~ lick hemorrhoids (a metaphor for fawning on others by any means necessary and shamelessly catering to the powerful).

2. Swelling

Interpretation: (Phonetic sound. From meat, middle (heavy) tone. Original meaning: carbuncle) Same as the original meaning. Swelling is carbuncle. ——"Shuowen"; the sudden growth of flesh is called swelling. ——"Lun Heng·Zhuang Liu"; swelling and ulcer. ——"Zhou Li·Ulcers Doctor" Note: "Carbuncle with upward wound." If the depression is in the head, it will cause swelling and wind. ——"Lüshi Chunqiu·Jinshu"; the ulcer doctor treats swelling and ulcer. ——"The Book of Zhou: Celestial Officials". Zheng Xuan's note: "swelling, ulcer, carbuncle and sore on the upper part"

3. Sores

Definition: a disease in which the skin is swollen, sore and ulcerated; (pictophonetic notation. From chuáng, pronounced as cang. Original meaning: a disease in which the skin is swollen, sore and ulcerated); a general term for carbuncle, paralysis, ulcer, furuncle, etc.; sore, also known as sore. ——"Yupian"; what you hate turns into sores. ——Zhang Heng's "Fu of Western Capital". Xue's note: "Scars refer to scars."

4. Boils

Meaning: boils. It also refers to the scars and lumps on the branches of trees. Such as: boils; skin diseases caused by staphylococci or streptococci invading the hair follicles. Symptoms include local congestion, hard masses, suppuration, redness, swelling, and pain.

What is boils

Furuncles usually occur in summer and can occur in any part of the body. It is most common on the head, face, back and armpits. Its characteristics are redness, burning, pain, shallow root of protrusion, localized swelling, and recovery after pus comes out. The etiology and pathogenesis are exogenous heat toxins, or internal accumulation of damp heat, which cannot be discharged and are blocked by the skin.