Xianfang Huomingyin is known as the first prescription of surgery， also known as Shenxian Huomingyin and Zhenren Huomingyin. The earliest one was from Renzhai Zhizhi in the Southern Song dynasty. It was composed of 13 mainstream medicines such as Angelicae Dahuricae Radix， Saposhnikoviae Radix， Paeoniae Radix Rubra， and three modified medicines such as Rhei Radix et Rhizoma， Momordicae Semen and Astragali Radix. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying， detumescence and ulceration， promoting blood circulation and relieving pain， and is mainly used to treat Yang syndrome. In this study， the bibliometrics method was used to systematically study the historical evolution， prescription composition， dosage， indications， decocting methods， administration methods， drug processing and ancient and modern applications of Xianfang Huomingyin. As for the drug origin， pangolin is consistent with the 2015 edition of Chinese Pharmacopoeia， the origins of the remaining drugs are consistent with the 2020 edition of Chinese Pharmacopoeia. According to the ancient and modern dosage conversion， the dosage of each drug is as follows：Angelicae Dahuricae Radix， Paeoniae Radix Rubra， Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus， Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma and Trichosanthis Radix， Olibanum of 4.13 g， Gleditsiae Spina and Myrrha of 2.07 g， Angelicae Sinensis tail（stir-fried with wine） and Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium of 6.2 g， Saposhnikoviae Radix（removing reed） of 2.89 g， pangolin（stir-fried with clam powder） of 4.14 g， Lonicerae Japonicae Flos of 12.39 g， or adding Rhei Radix et Rhizoma of 4.13 g and Momordicae Semen（shelled） of 3.3 g， adding Astragali Radix of 4.13 g for body deficiency. The above medicines were decocted with 450 mL of yellow rice wine to 300 mL， 1 dose for each time， 3 doses for each day， and warmed before or 0.5 h after meals， 1-6 doses， and discontinue medication as soon as get effect. Because this formula is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach， it should not be taken more. In the follow-up， it should be used in conjunction with Tuoli Xiaodusan， and other related symptoms of patients can be further improved through dialectical addition and subtraction. This formula has the efficacy of disinfection and pus discharge， removing blood stasis and relieving pain. All carbuncle gangrene without ulceration at the beginning， and for the empirical and heat syndrome. Modern applications involve more than 200 kinds of diseases with heat syndrome， emergency and excess syndrome as the main syndrome differentiation points in dermatology， peripheral vascular department and other departments. In a word， this paper studies the literature of Xianfang Huomingyin in order to provide a basis for its wider and deeper clinical application and development research.