Sublime Formula for Sustaining Life (xian fang huo ming yin)

Chief: Flos Lonicerae Japonicae (jinyin hua)

Deputies: Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (chen pi). Radix Angelicae Sinensis (dang gui) and Radix Paeoniae Rubrae (chi shao) and Gummi Olibanum (ru xiang) and Myrrha (mo yao).

Assistant: Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (fangfeng) and Radix Angelicae Dahuricae (bai zhi), Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii (zh bei mu) and Radix Trichosanthis Kirilowii (tian hua fen).

Envoy: Squama Manitis Pentadactylae (chuan shan jia) and Spina Gleditsiae Sinensis (zao jiao ci), Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis (gan cao).

Pattern: Fire-toxin or phlegm- Early-stage sores and carbuncles with red, fire.

​Indication: Early-stage sores and carbuncles with red, swollen, hot, and painful skin lesions, usually accompanied by mild chills, headache, thin tongue coating (either white or slightly yellow), forceful pulse. Also for internal abscesses and dysenteric disorders due to blood stasis and heat toxin. Focuses on invigorating the blood.

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​Side-effects are rare and generally limited to nausea and vomiting, or with prolonged use, injury to the Spleen and Stomach qi. It should not be prescribed in cases with ulcerated carbuncles or yin sores, and should be modified where there is Spleen deficiency.

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