| Exterior-releasing medicinal (解表藥) | 128 |
| Heat-clearing medicinal (淸熱藥) | 220 |
| Purgative medicinal (瀉下藥) | 15 |
| Wind-dampness-dispelling medicinal (祛風濕藥) | 5 |
| Dampness-resolving medicinal (芳香化濕藥) | 31 |
| Interior-warming medicinal (溫裏藥) | 4 |
| Qi-regulating medicinal (理氣藥) | 21 |
| Dampness Draining diuretic medicinal (利水滲濕藥) | 85 |
| Digestant medicinal (消食藥) | 16 |
| Blood-activating and stasis-dispelling medicinal (活血祛瘀藥) | 37 |
| Phlegm-resolving, Cough-suppressing and panting-calming medicinal (化痰止咳平喘藥) | 27 |
| liver-pacifying and wind-extinguishing medicinal (平肝熄風藥) | 7 |
| qi-tonifying medicinal (補氣藥) / yang-tonifying medicinal (補陽藥) | 93 |
| blood-tonifying medicinal (補血藥) / yin-tonifying medicinal (補陰藥) | 109 |
| astringent medicinal (收澁藥) | 8 |
| (外用藥) | 1 |