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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms related to purplish tongue |
| Shu Feng Huo Xue Tang Disperse Wind and Invigorate the Blood Decoction |
Disperses Damp and Wind; Eliminates Blood stasis. | Sharp pain in all the joints due to Wind-Damp, Phlegm and Blood stasis. | Rheumatism; Swelling and redness of painful region; Gout; Purplish tongue or showing purplish spots, moisty-white coating; Knotted-Choppy pulse (Jie Se). |
| Dan Shen Yin Salvia Decoction |
Moves Qi and Blood; Disperses Blood stasis; Calms pain. | Blood stasis and Qi stagnation in the Middle Burner. | Angina pectoris; Chronic gastritis; Dysmenorrhea; Hepatitis; Pain of the abdomen and epigastrium that may radiate upward; Pancreatitis; Peptic ulcer; Costal pain; Purple or purplish tongue; Firm-Large pulse (Lao Da). |
| Hong Hua Tao Ren Jian Safflower and Peach Pit Decoction |
Moves Qi and Blood; Disperses Blood stasis; Calms pain. | Stagnation of Qi and Blood. | Amenorrhea; Distension of the abdomen; Distension of the chest; Distension of the hypochondrium; Dysmenorrhea; Pain of the abdomen which is worse upon pressure; Extended menstrual cycle (delayed menstruation) with slow menstrual flow, clots; Nervous breakdown; Purplish tongue or showing purplish spots, thin-white coating; Knotted-Wiry pulse (Jie Xian); Deep-Wiry pulse (Chen Xian). |