Purple Ointment

Four-Huang Ointment，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，For all types of swollen abscesses.

Angelica and Astragalus Decoction for Calming the Breath，*Compiled Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 6.，Shortness of breath with faint breathing, resembling but not quite wheezing.

Tortoise and Deer Two Immortals Gel，*Medical Convenience*, Volume 1.，For men and women with deficiency of the True Essence leading to prolonged infertility; for men who have excessively indulged in alcohol and sexual activity, thereby depleting their True Yin; and for women whose blood and vital energy have been damaged by emotional distress, resulting in various … Read more

Ginseng, Wu, and Qin Jiao Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 5.，Gout. Pain in the lower back, hands, feet, and joints caused by prolonged invasion of external pathogenic factors, as well as by individuals approaching old age who have neglected their health, resulting in internal damage to liver blood and kidney essence.

Elixir of the Two Sages for Immortality，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，For leprosy and vitiligo, with loss of eyebrows and hair.

Decoction for Unblocking and Tonifying the Meridians，Formula from *Clinical Guidelines for Medical Case Studies* (Vol. 7); name cited in *Essentials of the Collection of Discussions on Symptoms, Causes, and Formulas* (Vol. 3).，Once the arthralgic pain subsides, the patient experiences weakness and lack of strength when walking.

Home-Style Chive Seed Pills，*San Yin*, Volume 12.，Enuresis in children and adolescents; in men, severe deficiency with decline of yang qi, cloudy white urine, and nocturnal emissions.

Internal Injury Ointment，From *Compendium of Pills, Powders, Ointments, and Pills*.，For sudden back strain, qi stagnation, and injuries from falls or accidents. Numbness in the limbs and joints; pain in tendons and bones.

Detoxifying Gold-Medicine Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 212.，For dysentery with pus, blood, and heat toxins.

Jin Feng Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 2—1.，Dysentery with red or white stools in men and women.

Red Sorghum Powder，From *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 26.，For difficulty urinating and shortness of breath.

Agarwood and Asafoetida Pills，From *Yu Heng on Fever and Distension*, Volume 2.，For stagnation of pathogenic qi, blood stasis, unconsciousness, heaviness on one side of the body, and inability to turn over.

Acorus Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，*Clinical Treatment of Internal Medicine in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Phlegm-qi causing syncope; sudden dizziness and collapse; phlegm sounds in the throat; or vomiting of saliva and froth; typically accompanied by excessive phlegm, chest tightness, and fatigue; pulse is often deep and slippery.

Sorrow-Relieving Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，Dry Blood Consumption. Buddhist nuns, widows, unmarried women, and wives and concubines whose husbands have been away for a long time—all endure silent suffering and pent-up frustration, yearning for a man but unable to find one. Internal heat stirs secretly, drying up the yin fluids; once the … Read more

Qinggu San，From *De Xiao*, Volume 9.，For women, young boys, and young girls who first show signs of consumptive disease.

Rhubarb Decoction with Honey，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 117.，For mouth sores and ulcers.

Lung-Clearing and Hemostatic Decoction，From *Yi Pan Zhu*, Volume 3.，Epistaxis.

Qianniu Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 79.，For edema, lung qi stagnation, beriberi, and the uncontrollable sensation of “ben-tun qi” surging upward to the heart and chest.

Lingbao Ruyi Pill，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 7.，For severe, highly toxic boils and carbuncles on the back.

Ginseng and Atractylodes Tonifying Pill，From *Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women who habitually have excessive phlegm, deficiency of the spleen and stomach, and inadequate nourishment of qi and blood, resulting in delayed menstruation.

Siwu Xiao Feng Decoction，*Science of Traumatic Injuries*.，Chronic eczema, neurodermatitis, urticaria.

Pingyang Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 8.，For malaria affecting the Yangming Stomach Meridian, at the onset of an attack, the patient first experiences fever, headache, a dry nose, thirst with a desire to drink water, blurred vision preventing sleep; in severe cases, restlessness, aversion to firelight, and aversion to loud voices.

Jie Liu Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，For ear bleeding due to kidney deficiency, with a continuous, trickling flow.

Tussilago and Rock Sugar Decoction，From *Medical Records Compiled from Various Sources*, Volume 2.，For whooping cough in children and coughs in adults.

Da Tong San，From *The Heart Book of Bian Que: Divine Formulas*.，For cases of typhoid fever with heat in the stomach, or when too many heat-inducing medications have been taken, resulting in delirium, discarding clothes and running about, or climbing heights to sing; or for cases of abdominal pain with bloody stools, provided the condition is … Read more