Purpura Decoction

Purpura Decoction,Purpura (thrombocytopenic or allergic purpura): purpuric lesions appear on the skin, reddish-purple in color, most commonly on the lower limbs; may be accompanied by hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, or hematuria; red tip of the tongue; thin yellow coating on the tongue; fine and rapid pulse.

Formulas Name : Purpura Decoction

Chinese Name : 紫癜汤

Drug Formulation

Raw Rehmannia 15g, White Maodong Root 60g, Moutan Bark 9g, White Peony Root 9g, Herba Eupatorii 15g, Black Gardenia Fruit 9g, Small Thistle 30g, Lotus Root Nodes 15g, Honeysuckle Flower 15g, Lotus Leaf 9g, Turtle Plastron 9g, Notoginseng Powder 3g (dissolved in hot water).

Source

*Clinical Medical Case Studies and Formulas*.

Benefits

Purpura (thrombocytopenic or allergic purpura): purpuric lesions appear on the skin, reddish-purple in color, most commonly on the lower limbs; may be accompanied by hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, or hematuria; red tip of the tongue; thin yellow coating on the tongue; fine and rapid pulse.

Purpura Decoction,*Clinical Medical Case Studies and Formulas*.,Purpura (thrombocytopenic or allergic purpura): purpuric lesions appear on the skin, reddish-purple in color, most commonly on the lower limbs; may be accompanied by hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, or hematuria; red tip of the tongue; thin yellow coating on the tongue; fine and rapid pulse.

More Herbs Formulas

Like the “Sacred Relief from Suffering Powder”

Like the “Sacred Relief from Suffering Powder”,From *Yanxia Shengxiao*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 191.,Effective for all types of malignant sores, as well as red and white diarrhea and dysentery, and coughing up pus and blood.

Miraculous Wind-Dispelling Powder

Miraculous Wind-Dispelling Powder,From *Zhenglei Bencao*, Volume 13, citing *Boji*.,For wind-toxin ascending to the eyes, causing swelling, itching, dryness, and unbearable pain; or for redness and ulceration of the upper or lower eyelids and inner corners of the eyes, with floating opacities or stasis-induced tissue invading the cornea.

Garlic and Ginger Wine

Garlic and Ginger Wine,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 36.,For gastric malaria, where the patient is too weak to eat.

Cough-Relieving Pills

Cough-Relieving Pills,*Research on Medical Formulas*, Volume 2.,Chronic cough with loss of breath.

Taiyi Jinhua Powder

Taiyi Jinhua Powder,From *Bo Ji*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 256.,For coughs due to cold damage, vomiting due to cholera, food stagnation and qi stagnation, and chest pain; for women with red or white vaginal discharge and postpartum bloody diarrhea; for injuries from falls or blows, stagnant blood that fails to dissipate, and all … Read more

Miraculous Abortion-Preventing Ointment

Miraculous Abortion-Preventing Ointment,From *Zongfutang Formulas*, Volume 4.,For stagnant blood and stagnation, hiccups with refusal to eat, and wounds from being crushed by a pole that have become gangrenous.

Clam Powder Ointment

Clam Powder Ointment,*Chinese Journal of Dermatology* (1958; 3: 214).,Rosacea.

Modified Stomach-Nourishing Decoction

Modified Stomach-Nourishing Decoction,From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology: Postpartum Section*, Volume 1.,For postpartum alternating chills and fever, headache, and absence of sweating resembling malaria.

Modified Black Tin Pill

Modified Black Tin Pill,*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.,Epilepsy.

Qianjin Potaigao

Qianjin Potaigao,*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.,For women with qi deficiency and blood deficiency, resulting in an unstable fetal foundation and repeated miscarriages.

Compound Aconite Wash

Compound Aconite Wash,*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.,Hand tinea.

Five-Flower Alcohol-Clearing Decoction

Five-Flower Alcohol-Clearing Decoction,*Dian Dian Jing*, Volume 3.,For alcohol-induced asthma with phlegm and fluid mixed with cold, pale face with body heat, cold extremities, unrelenting thirst, constipation, and retained urine—indicating pathogenic heat within the body—administer this decoction for regulation after the condition has been somewhat stabilized with the “Supporting Yang and Aiding Yin Decoction.”

Kuei-Ha Powder

Kuei-Ha Powder,From *Shenghui*, Volume 92.,For children with genital atrophy.

Blood-Cooling Powder

Blood-Cooling Powder,*Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 5.,Damp-heat injures the spleen, causing bloody stools.

Shuimen Ding

Shuimen Ding,*Supplement to Chuan Ya*, Volume 1.,Dysuria, leukorrhea.

Drop-of-Gold Ointment

Drop-of-Gold Ointment,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 11.,When the eyes are exposed to wind and cold, causing uncontrollable tearing.

Huoxiang-Ling Decoction

Huoxiang-Ling Decoction,From *The Complete Collection on Shanghan and Preservation of Life*, Volume 2.,For typhoid fever presenting with diarrhea and thirst, accompanied by scanty and difficult urination. For cholera causing damage to both the interior and exterior, with alternating vomiting and diarrhea.

Axe-Grinding Pills

Axe-Grinding Pills,From the *Wang’s Collection of Prescriptions*, citing a formula by Han Daochang (see *New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 24).,Innocent malnutrition.

Jingjin Gusui Bu Pills

Jingjin Gusui Bu Pills,From *The Universal Remedies* (Vol. 93), citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.,Left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness.

Fu Xiang Pills

Fu Xiang Pills,From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 395.,For children with intermittent vomiting and diarrhea, intestinal rumbling, abdominal pain, a distended abdomen, and heavy breathing.

Liu Jun Jian Pi Decoction

Liu Jun Jian Pi Decoction,From *Medical Lamp of Transmission*, Volume 2.,For mania and delirium, where the pulse becomes deep and fine after clearing heat; or for epilepsy characterized by delusional speech, incessant laughter, and uncontrollable depression, with a deep, small, and weak pulse.

Anemarrhena and Gypsum Decoction

Anemarrhena and Gypsum Decoction,*The Great Compendium of Cold Damage*, Volume 3.,Exterior pathogenic factors have been resolved; internal heat with spontaneous sweating.

Decoction for Internal Elimination of Hundred Lesions

Decoction for Internal Elimination of Hundred Lesions,From *One Hundred Effective Surgical Formulas*, Volume 2.,For scrofula.

Decoction for Nourishing Both the Kidneys and Liver

Decoction for Nourishing Both the Kidneys and Liver,From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.,A sensation of fullness and oppression in the flanks, with difficulty bending forward or backward at the waist and spine.

Qingtu Powder

Qingtu Powder,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.,For cold damage in winter, presenting with fever, thirst, delirium, and occasional syncope.