釀膿期(stage of pus brewage),期度類術語,屬期類,泛指癰病類疾病的釀膿階段,因邪正交爭,熱毒壅聚腐肉所致,以壯熱,口渴,患處紅腫高突、腫脹劇痛,舌質紅,舌苔黃,脈洪數等為特徵。[1]