Table 5. Frequency and Category of Herbs on Prescription

Herb Category Frequency
Coicis Semen (薏苡仁) Water-draining and swelling-dispersing medicine (利水退腫藥) 10
Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (甘草) Qi-tonifying medicine (補氣藥)
Bupleuri Radix (柴胡) Wind-heat dispersing medicine (發散風熱藥) 6
Scutellariae Radix (黃芩) Heat-clearing and dampness-drying medicine (淸熱燥濕藥)
Menthae Herba (薄荷) Wind-heat dispersing medicine (發散風熱藥) 5
Lonicerae Flos (金銀花) Heat-clearing and detoxicating medicine (淸熱解毒藥)
Atractylodis Rhizoma Alba (白朮) Qi-tonifying medicine (補氣藥)
Angelicae Gigantis Radix (當歸) Blood-tonifying medicine (補血藥)
Schizonepetae Spica (荊芥) Wind-cold-dispersing medicine (發散風寒藥) 4
Citri Unshius Pericarpium (陳皮) Qi-regulating medicine (理氣藥)
Saposhnikoviae Radix (防風) Wind-cold-dispersing medicine (發散風寒藥) 3
Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (生薑)
Cimicifugae Rhizoma (升麻) Wind-heat dispersing medicine (發散風熱藥)
Forsythiae Fructus (連翹) Heat-clearing and detoxicating medicine (淸熱解毒藥)
Magnoliae Cortex (厚朴) Dampness-resolving medicine (芳香化濕藥)
Astragali Radix (黃芪) Qi-tonifying medicine (補氣藥)
Zizyphi Fructus (大棗)
Paeoniae Radix Alba (白芍藥) Blood-tonifying medicine (補血藥)
Perillae Folium (紫蘇葉) 2
Osterici seu Notopterygii Radix et Rhizoma (羌活) Wind-cold-dispersing medicine (發散風寒藥)
Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (白芷)
Puerariae Radix (葛根) Wind-heat dispersing medicine (發散風熱藥)
Gypsum Fibrosum (石膏) Heat-clearing and fire-purging medicine (淸熱瀉火藥)
Coptidis Rhizoma (黃連) Heat-clearing and dampness-drying medicine (淸熱燥濕藥)
Phellodendri Cortex (黃柏)
Paeoniae Radix Rubra (赤芍藥) Heat-clearing and blood-cooling medicine (淸熱凉血藥)
Rehmanniae Radix (乾地黃)
Taraxaci Herba (蒲公英) Heat-clearing and detoxicating medicine (淸熱解毒藥)
Atractylodis Rhizoma (蒼朮) Dampness-resolving medicine (芳香化濕藥)
Agastachis Herba (藿香)
Poria Sclerotium (赤茯苓) Water-draining and swelling-dispersing medicine (利水退腫藥)
Zingiberis Rhizoma (乾薑) Interior-warming medicine (溫裏藥)
Cnidii Rhizoma (川芎) Blood-activating and stasis-dispelling medicine (活血祛瘀藥)
Pinelliae Tuber (半夏) Cold-phlegm-warming and resolving medicine (溫化寒痰藥)
Ginseng Radix (人蔘) Qi-tonifying medicine (補氣藥)
Adenophorae Radix (沙蔘) Yin-tonifying medicine (補陰藥)
Ephedrae Herba (麻黃) 1
Cinnamomi Ramulus (桂枝) Wind-cold-dispersing medicine (發散風寒藥)
Asiasari Radix et Rhizoma (細辛)
Arctii Fructus (牛蒡子)
Chrysanthemi Indici Flos (甘菊) Wind-heat dispersing medicine (發散風熱藥)
Cicadidae Periostracum (蟬退)
Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma et Radix (栝樓根) Heat-clearing and fire-purging medicine (淸熱瀉火藥)
Cassiae Semen (草決明)
Sophorae Radix (苦蔘) Heat-clearing and dampness-drying medicine (淸熱燥濕藥)
Rehmanniae Radix (生地黃) Heat-clearing and blood-cooling medicine (淸熱凉血藥)
Herba Equiseti Arvensis (問荊)
Rehmanniae Radix (生地黃) Heat-clearing and blood-cooling medicine (淸熱凉血藥) 1
Herba Equiseti Arvensis (問荊)
Vignae Radiatae Semen (綠豆) Heat-clearing and detoxicating medicine (淸熱解毒藥)
Houttuyniae Herba (魚腥草)
Lycii Radicis Cortex (地骨皮) Deficiency heat clearing medicine (淸虛熱藥)
Araliae Continentalis Radix (獨活) Wind-dampness-dispelling and impedimental pain relieving medicine (祛風濕止痺痛藥)
Amomi Fructus (砂仁) Dampness-resolving medicine (芳香化濕藥)
Amomi Fructus Rotundus (白豆蔲)
Poria Sclerotium (白茯笭) Water-draining and swelling-dispersing medicine (利水退腫藥)
Plantaginis Semen (車前子) Strangury-relieving diuretic medicine (利尿通淋藥)
Cyperi Rhizoma (香附子) Qi-regulating medicine (理氣藥)
Arecae Pericarpium (大腹皮)
Massa Medicata Fermentata (神麯) Digestant medicine (消食藥)
Fructus Germinatus (麥芽)
Peucedani Radix (前胡) Heat-phlegm-clearing and resolving medicine (淸化熱痰藥)
Platycodonis Radix (桔梗)
Armeniacae Semen (杏仁) Cough-suppressing and panting-calming medicine (止咳平喘藥)
Tribuli Fructus (白蒺藜) Pacifying the liver to subdue yang medicine (平肝潛陽藥)
Nelumbinis Semen (蓮子肉) Securing essence, reducing urination and stanching vaginal discharge medicine (澁精縮尿止帶藥)
Liriopis seu Ophiopogonis Tuber (麥門冬) Yin-tonifying medicine (補陰藥)
Cinnamomi Cortex (肉桂) Interior-warming medicine (溫裏藥)
Persicae Semen (桃仁) Blood-activating and stasis-dispelling medicine (活血祛瘀藥)
Carthami Flos (紅花)
Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix (丹蔘)