Dandelion Classic Formulas — Natural Herb Library

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Clears heat and resolves toxicity - Pu Gong Ying is a major herb for boils, furuncles, breast abscess, and other hot toxic swellings, whether superficial or internal.
Reduces breast swelling and supports resolution of mammary abscess - it is one of the best-known herbs for painful red breast lumps, mastitis-type presentations, and nodular heat toxicity in the breast.
Clears fire and toxicity from the throat, eyes, and gums - it is used for sore throat, red painful eyes, and gum swelling when heat or toxin rises upward.
Clears damp-heat and promotes urination - traditional use also includes painful urinary difficulty, damp-heat jaundice, and heat-type diarrhea or dysentery.

Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin - Pu Gong Ying is one of the key toxin-resolving herbs in this classic formula for boils, carbuncles, and early suppurative swellings.
Pu Gong Ying with Gua Lou and Jin Yin Hua - a classic breast-abscess and nodulation-clearing strategy.
Pu Gong Ying with Yin Chen, Zhi Zi, and Da Huang - a damp-heat clearing combination for jaundice and lower-burner heat accumulation.

Traditional texts describe Pu Gong Ying as bitter, sweet, and cold, entering the Liver, Stomach, and Lung to clear heat, remove toxicity, reduce abscesses, and drain damp-heat.
Its special reputation for breast abscess comes from its ability to clear heat-toxin from the Liver and Stomach while also helping the breast tissue soften and discharge.
Because Pu Gong Ying also clears the throat, eyes, gums, and urinary tract, it is broader than a simple skin-detox herb.