A literatual studies on the suppurative osteomylitis(附骨疽)

附骨疽에 關한 文獻的 考察

In the literatual studies on the suppurative osteomylitis(附骨疽), the results were as follows. Suppurative osteomylitis(附骨疽) is called 'Mudujur(無頭疽)', is concerned with Pyogenic osteomyelitis in western medicine. The pathogenic factors of Suppurative osteomylitis were caused by exposing to wind-cold-wetness evil, or body weakness, or wound a bodily injury caused by physical means. The symptoms of Suppurative osteomylitis was alternating episodes of chills and fever, pain on buttock or thigh in onset. The differential diagnosis of Suppurative osteomylitis was divided three parts. One was the stagnation of virulent fire-evil. Another was the deficiency of both vital energy & blood. The other was wind-cold-wetness evil. The treatments of Suppurative osteomylitis was clearing away heat-evil and wetness evil, removing blood stasis and promoting meridian. In the frequency of prescription, the most numerous prescription were Osintang(五神湯) and Hwangyunhaidoktang(黃連解毒湯), the next were Neitakganghwaltang(內托羌活湯), Taibangpungtang(大防風湯) etc.