Purple Formula

Modified Three-Yellow and Gypsum Decoction，*Treatise on Cold and Warm Diseases*, Volume 4.，For severe heat in the Triple Burner due to warm disease, manifested as restlessness and heat in the palms, soles, and chest, eyes burning like fire, dry nose and flushed face, yellow tongue coating and parched lips, body appearing as if coated with cinnabar, … Read more

Ginseng, Astragalus, and Honeysuckle Decoction，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 3.，For mastitis with pus discharge in patients who are weak and debilitated.

Qingqi Lige Pills，From *Fushou Jingfang*.，After middle age, when qi and blood gradually decline, qi stagnates in the epigastrium, and the epigastrium and flanks feel constricted.

Han Fangji Ointment，From *Shenghui*, Volume 45.，For wind-toxin-induced beriberi, with tight and stiff tendons and veins, swelling, fullness, and pain.

Muscle-Relaxing and Meridian-Activating Ointment，*Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Traumatology*.，Swelling and pain from trauma. Aching, swelling, and pain in tendons, fascia, and bones following injury.

Two Frost Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 211.，For red-and-white dysentery where symptoms have not fully subsided despite excessive medication.

Melia Root Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 174.，For children with ascariasis causing pain in the heart and abdomen.

Gui Zhi Shi Gao Decoction.，The formula is from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 9); the name appears in *Huo Ren Shu* (Vol. 17).，In cases of sudden swelling due to cold damage—whether in the limbs, chest, or back—where the swelling is diffuse and puffy like a balloon, or affects the head, face, lips, mouth, neck, and nape; in … Read more

Lily, Five-Flavor, Ginger, and Aconite Decoction，From *Selected Essentials of Medicine*.，Due to cold and dampness in the environment, accompanied by heat rising upward and redness and pain in the eyes.

Formula for Removing Acne with Five Types of Ash，From *The Complete Collection of Essential Medical Formulas*, cited in Volume 81 of *Classified Collection of Medical Formulas*.，

Cherry Capsules，*Compendium of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparations*.，Chronic bronchitis.

Night-Glow Pill，From *The Complete Record of Holy Remedies*, Volume 27.，For cold-toxin syndrome in typhoid fever, characterized by cold extremities, a pale face, chest and diaphragm discomfort, retching, and restlessness due to deficiency.

Enhanced Zhi-Ju Er-Chen Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 7.，Wind-cold common cold, headache with hoarse voice, absence of sweat and aversion to cold, phlegm congestion and qi stagnation, with a floating and tight pulse.

Formula for Preventing Malaria，*Guang Biji*, Volume 1.，For malaria.

Fragrant Gardenia Liver-Harmonizing Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，When liver qi is excessive and overpowers the spleen earth, the intestines will rumbling on their own, ceaselessly throughout the day, accompanied by belching and acid regurgitation, with no respite.

Dried Kudzu Powder，From *Treasures of Family Heritage*, Volume 3.，Heat in the stomach and diaphragm, with erratic vomiting; other medications have proven ineffective.

Family-Transmitted Xisheng Ointment，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 1.，For men, women, and children—whether long-standing or recent conditions—the Five Labors and Seven Injuries, paralysis on the left or right side, numbness in the hands and feet, pain in the tendons and bones throughout the body, coughing with phlegm and shortness of breath, malaria and dysentery, abdominal … Read more

Ten-Water Pills，From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in Volume 10 of *Yixin Fang*.，For ten types of edema.

Asthma-Relieving and Lung-Nourishing Pills，*Beijing Standards for Traditional Chinese Patent Medicines*.，Weakness of the Liver Meridian, cough with excessive phlegm, shortness of breath and wheezing, chest tightness, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, sore throat and hoarseness, chronic cough, and insomnia.

Wu Ying Powder，Formula attributed to Wang Guoxiang, cited in *Shi Yuan Duan Xiao Fang* (see *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 82).，For all types of headaches that are unbearable.

Mu Xiang Qi-Regulating Powder，From *Ren Cun Fang*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 241.，For beriberi, wandering wind-pathogen, wind-cold-dampness, and fine yellow blisters on the feet. For all types of damp sores.

Liver-Gallbladder Nourishing Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，Weakness of gallbladder qi, inability to sleep at night, tossing and turning restlessly, or sleeping only briefly before being startled awake, or falling back asleep only to feel as if being seized.

Sophora Pod and Trifoliate Orange Peel Decoction，From *Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 6.，For hemorrhoids with fistula and rectal bleeding.

Jing Jin Ding Xiang Tiao Qi Decoction，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For all types of qi disorders.

Huanglu Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 386).，For children with unrelenting fever and thirst.