Purple Formula

Tonic Decoction for Relaxing Tendons and Regulating Blood Circulation，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，For all types of thigh pain.

Xiao Chaihu Liu Junzi Decoction，From *New Compilation for the Relief of the Masses*, Volume 1, citing *Essentials of Medical Practice*.，For cases where fever from cold damage has subsided, but intense fever recurs after recovery due to physical exertion or dietary factors.

Trichosanthes and Fritillary Bulb Decoction，From *Revised Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 5.，Tuberculosis of the breast, with inflammation and swelling.

Decoction for Calming the Spirit and Nourishing the Blood，*Treatise on Epidemic Fevers*, Volume 2.，After the epidemic pathogen has subsided and both the pulse and symptoms have normalized, but the vital energy has not yet recovered, fever may recur due to combing hair, bathing, excessive talking, or frivolous movement, causing the previous symptoms to reappear—though the … Read more

Chewable Fangji Powder，From *De Xiao*, Volume 5.，For feverish cough with loss of voice.

Linyang Pills，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Shenyang Formula).，For stinging pain in the urethra, dribbling urination, urine that is cloudy like rice water, or in severe cases, thick and greasy, which has persisted for a long time without healing, or has healed but recurred.

Tongling Yufen，From *Shenghui*, Volume 98.，Effective for pain in the lower back and knees; deficiency of vital fire; sudden depletion of yang energy; and conditions such as deficiency-cold edema and cold-induced disorders.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Unblocking the Meridians，*Family Instructions on Laryngology*, Volume 2.，In cases of damp-heat epidemic toxins that have penetrated inward and transformed into fire, scorching body fluids; the nutritive aspect of the lung and stomach is disturbed; the heat reverses and transmits to the pericardium; extreme heat stirs wind; resulting in tremors of … Read more

Jiaqing Decoction，*Treatise on Cholera*, Volume 4.，For cases following cholera where residual pathogenic factors have not been cleared, presenting with fever and thirst; or where residual heat is internally retained, manifesting as chills and a deep pulse, with an inability to tolerate decoctions and the onset of hiccups.

Smallpox Blue Dew Powder，From *Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 1.，For all types of swollen abscesses.

Pregnancy-Anchoring Pills，From *Secret Transmission from the Blue Sack*.，For those with a history of frequent miscarriages, particularly those occurring between the 3rd and 4th months of pregnancy.

Zeling Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 386.，A child with generalized edema, shortness of breath, and refusal to eat.

Hui Tang Dan，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，For a carbuncle with yellow discharge.

Qi Liuhe Decoction，From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume 2.，Qi deficiency and weakness; feeling weak upon standing, with a tendency to collapse suddenly.

Clear and Drain Fluids，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，Seminal dysuria. Damp-heat stagnation, accompanied by abdominal pain.

Polygonatum Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.，For severe leprosy characterized by a red face with rashes, stiffness and spasms in the hands and feet, sores and ulcers on the body, and cases where the finger joints have already fallen off.

Fox-Deception Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 10.，In cases of “Fox-Deception” disease, the symptoms resemble those of typhoid fever: the patient feels drowsy and restless, unable to close their eyes; they are restless whether lying down or sitting up; they have an aversion to food and drink and lack appetite; upon smelling food, their face flushes … Read more

Cinnamon Twig, Poria, and Angelica Decoction，From *Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 2.，In the postpartum period, if the patient experiences chills and shivering as if drenched in water—so severe that even under heavy blankets the jaw continues to tremble uncontrollably—and shortly thereafter becomes feverish and scorched with heat, desiring a cool breeze even in cold weather; or … Read more

Liangshun Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 47.，Deficiency of both the spleen and stomach, with bloating and belching.

Jieying Powder，From *Compendium of Medical Sciences*, Volume 20.，Dampness in the feet has caused sores that are unbearably itchy; scratching them causes a yellowish fluid to ooze.

Skin Rash Soothing Decoction，From *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 8, citing a formula by the Tang family.，For sores that do not heal properly.

Blood-Harmonizing and Yang-Relieving Decoction，*Dian Dian Jing*, Volume 4.，For alcohol-induced liver damage manifesting as generalized numbness and distension, pain in the tendons of the limbs, stiffness and difficulty extending the hands and feet, numbness and loss of sensation (unable to feel pain when pinched), headache, abdominal rigidity, obstruction and difficulty with urination and defecation, a floating … Read more

Cinnamon Twig, Poria, and Ginseng Decoction，*Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 10.，Postpartum yang deficiency with mental confusion.

Decoction of Honeysuckle for Recurrent Ulcers，From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume 2.，For painful sores and ulcers that have turned purplish-black.

Decoction to Attack Pathogenic Factors and Stem the Flow，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 6.，For toxic sores caused by the “Mother-and-Child” pattern of fluid flow.