Carbuncle is a kind of serious running sore. The skin lesions usually have several openings through which pus is discharged. In TCM, it is associated with attack of exogenous evils, unhealthy diet and wounds complicated by infection.

癰是皮膚及皮下組織感染，引起的發膿性皮膚病。多種瘡毒的泛稱。多由外感六淫，過食肥膩厚味，或外傷感染引起