Acute mastitis, known as mammary abscess in Chinese medicine, is more common in lactation. Acute mastitis during lactation is also called external carbuncle. When maternal acute mastitis occurs, the patient has chills and fever, and at the same time, the breast is caked and swollen, and the local nipple is damaged. When feeding, pathogenic wind can enter from the outside, which is why Chinese medicine calls acute mastitis during lactation "external blowing carbuncle". There is a saying in Chinese medicine that "wind is the length of all diseases", which shows that "wind" evil plays a very important role in pathogenesis. It is a very important treatment principle to dispel wind and resolve phlegm in the early stage of "external blowing of breast carbuncle", which is different from western medicine in treatment principle, which is also the treatment characteristic of TCM syndrome differentiation. In the early stage of acute mastitis, the fever of some patients can reach above 39℃. After being treated with traditional Chinese medicines such as radix Saposhnikoviae, perilla stem, Fructus Arctii, etc., Luffa, Fructus Lipuidambaris, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride and Rhizoma Cyperi, which dredge mammary glands, are properly combined, and small pieces of loose antlers are added. In the early stage of acute mastitis, it is not advisable to reuse heat-clearing drugs, let alone use bitter and cold Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Cortex Phellodendri and Gardenia. Even if you use it, you should use light honeysuckle, forsythia, or dandelion, a heat-clearing drug with blood circulation promoting effect. Taking antibiotics too early is not good for mastitis, which will cause local lumps and is not easy to dissipate.
Chinese medicine treatment of acute mastitis is not framed by the word "inflammation" of two fires, and only uses heat-clearing agents, not to mention insisting on using antibiotics regardless of the initial and final stages of the disease. This is the characteristic of Chinese medicine in treating acute mastitis, which has been tried and tested in clinic, so it has won the trust and admiration of the public.