Table 5. Classification of Herbs in Categories Based on The Textbook of Medical Herbology

Main category Frequency
Heat-clearing medicinal(淸熱藥) 22
Exterior-releasing medicinal(解表藥) 17
Tonyfying and replenishing medicinal(補益藥) 13
DampnessDrainingdiureticmedicinal(利水滲濕藥) 8
Blood-activating and stasis-dispelling medicinal(活血祛瘀藥) 6
Phlegm-resolving, Cough-suppressing and panting-calming medicinal(化痰止咳平喘藥) 5
Wind-dampness-dispelling medicinal(祛風濕藥) 3
Digestant medicinal(消食藥) 3
Dampness-resolving medicinal(芳香化濕藥) 2
Purgative medicinal(瀉下藥) 2
Astringent medicinal(收澁藥) 2
Interior-warming medicinal(溫裏藥) 2
Liver-pacifying medicinal(平肝藥) 2
Orifice-opening medicinal(開竅藥) 1
Qi-regulating medicinal(理氣藥) 1
Hemostatic medicinal(止血藥) 1