Formulas / 方剂

213 bilingual records — Classical formulas as the literature records them: composition and source. Doses are deliberately absent — they are set by a licensed practitioner.

Free to download and reuse. 213 records, both languages, one row per record. Released under CC BY 4.0 — commercial use included. The only condition is credit and a link back.

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Fields

Field	What it holds
`slug`	Slug (stable ID)
`chinese`	中文
`english`	English
`pinyin`	Pinyin
`composition_en`	Composition (EN)
`composition_zh`	Composition（中文）
`source`	Classical source
`category_en`	Category (EN)
`category_zh`	Category（中文）
`safety_note_en`	Safety Note (EN)
`safety_note_zh`	Safety Note（中文）

Field names are ASCII and stable. Every English field has a parallel Chinese field, so you can filter on either language.

How to cite this dataset

Meridian Bridge. TCM Knowledge Base — Formulas / 方剂 [data set]. https://lieke-ai.com/mb/data/formulas.html (accessed 2026-10-18).

The same string sits inside the JSON file under meta.citation. A BibTeX entry for the collection as a whole is on the open data page.

What this data is not

It is a reference: names, categories, classical source attributions, and what the historical literature records — in English and Chinese, side by side.

It is not medical advice, and not a treatment guide. There are no doses anywhere in this file, no indications, and no protocol for using anything.

Nothing here is a claim about what any substance or technique does to a disease.

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