Purple Ginseng Decoction

Great Kudzu Root Decoction，From *Shanghan Dabai*, Volume 1.，When external pathogens in the Yangming channel have not yet been fully resolved, leading to severe constipation and accumulated heat rising upward, causing headache. When the exterior syndrome of the Yangming channel has not yet been resolved, with internal heat accumulating, resulting in thirst and constipation.

Kidney Wind Cistanche Pills，From *Jin Gui Yi* (Supplement to the Golden Chamber), Volume 1.，For stroke attributed to kidney wind.

Steamed Garlic Formula，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 15); name cited in *Dexiao* (Vol. 6).，Bloating and constipation.

Chaihu-Zhizi Powder，*Zhengzhi Zhunsheng*，Clears heat, soothes the liver, strengthens the spleen, and harmonizes the nutritive blood. Indicated for ear sores resulting from stagnant heat in the liver and gallbladder. Symptoms include itching and sores inside the ear, oozing of pus or serous fluid, pain in the chest and breast area, alternating chills and fever, and a … Read more

Bu Zhong Ning Sou Decoction，*Compendium of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Internal injury to the middle qi, resulting in a weak stomach and aversion to food; or food failing to provide nourishment, leading to a lack of strength; accompanied by a persistent low-grade fever, aversion to cold, mental fatigue, and possibly a phlegm-related cough.

Qianyang Tianmai Pills，*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 18.，Deficiency of kidney essence and qi causes the “ministerial fire” to become easily agitated and difficult to control, leading to nocturnal emissions and turbid semen. Symptoms flare up upon mental or physical exertion and have persisted for many years without resolution.

Ginseng and Cinnabar Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.，Chronic diarrhea with failure of the Yangming channel to close.

Sanling Pill，From *Outline of Surgical Treatise on Ulcers*, Volume 2.，For chronic ulcers that have been open for a long time, with continuous oozing and an inability to heal.

Qi-Regulating and Fire-Purging Decoction，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Excessive anger during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage.

Enhanced Pingwei Powder，*Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，For pediatric dysentery accompanied by diarrhea and abdominal pain, with red lips and a sensation of thirst.

Huoxiang-Chenpi-Wuling Powder，From *Convenient Formulas for Remote Villages*.，During summer, yang qi is concentrated on the body’s surface; when the stomach is deficient, pathogenic factors easily invade, often causing vomiting and diarrhea.

Shengwei Jinhua Pills，From *Yin Hai Jing Wei*, Volume 1.，Accumulated heat in the spleen and stomach leading to the formation of a yellow membrane.

Cow Dung Fumigation Formula，*Ghost’s Legacy*, Volume 5.，Sores on the head, malignant sores, and bone abscesses.

Decoction for Removing Dampness and Relieving Distension，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 6.，For patients with chronic debility and severe, tight edema.

Gui Zong Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 56.，Indicated for smallpox with excessively intense toxic fire; the patient is robust in physique and vital energy, with no external pathogenic factors of wind or cold; persistent high fever; blue-purple fingernails and toenails; cold and numb limbs; aversion to heat; sweating on the head; profuse sweating over the … Read more

Sulfur Tea，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For stagnant cold energy from the previous night.

Astragalus and Schisandra Powder，*Xingyuan*, Volume 5.，Coughing up blood leading to consumption, eye pain, fatigue in the limbs, and weakness in the feet and knees.

Menstrual Bleeding-Relieving Pills，From *Essential Supplements to Medical Practice*, Middle Volume.，For severe damp-heat leading to hemorrhoids with fistula.

Shen-Gui Pills，From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.，For all cases of frequent, dribbling urination; excessive leukorrhea day and night; abdominal coldness and lower back pain; distension of the lower abdomen; internal heat and dizziness; or discharge appearing in five different colors.

Agarwood Internal Dissolution Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 249), citing *Formulas from the De Sheng Hall*.，For small intestine hernias, scrotal swelling, or displacement of the left or right kidney; for tuberculous nodules causing unbearable pain; and for chronic deficiency-cold in the lower jiao that has not healed over a long period.

Throat-Spraying Pearl and Yellow Monkey Date Powder，From *Essentials of Laryngology*, Volume 2.，For a tightly constricted throat with phlegm rising upward.

Shengshui Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Dampness attacks the heart, causing phlegm to be coughed up all day long; even a small amount of tea causes a hard, constricting sensation beneath the heart, shortness of breath, and aversion to water.

Formula for Tonifying Qi and Stopping Bleeding，*Differential Diagnosis of Symptoms in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Spleen deficiency with metrorrhagia and menorrhagia.

Pregnancy-Preserving Pill，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescriptions* (Fushun Formula).，For miscarriage, bleeding during pregnancy, abdominal pain and lower back soreness, fetal injury due to falls or sudden jolts, and lower back pain with leukorrhea in pregnant women.

Licorice and Soybean Formula，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For the elderly suffering from stroke, heat-toxin-induced chest oppression, and fainting due to qi stagnation; for various heat-toxin conditions in children during the winter months.