Traumatic Injury and Insect or Animal Bites

Traumatic injuries include gunshots, incisions, contusions, scalds, burns, and sudden contracture or sprain due to carrying heavy loads. These can result in muscular swelling and pain, stagnation of blood, bleeding, injury to the tendons, fracture of the bones, dislocation of the joints, etc. Invasion of exogenous pathogenic qi into the affected areas, profuse bleeding, or injury to the internal organs can even cause coma or convulsions.

Insect or animal bites including the bites of poisonous snakes, wild beasts and rabid dogs may result in bleeding, pain and broken skin in mild cases, and toxicosis or even death in severe cases.