Table 1. Chinese Herbal Medicines Based on Syndrome Differentiation

Syndrome–differentiation Treatment Chinese Herbal medicines
Kidney-yang deficiency (腎陽虛) Warming yang and invigorating the kidney (溫陽益腎) Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan(金匱腎氣丸)You Gui Wan(右歸丸)
Lung-Qi deficiency (肺氣虛) Warming the lung to dissipate cold (溫肺散寒) Xiao Qing Long decoction(小靑龍湯)Guizhi decoction(桂枝湯)Yupingfeng granule(玉屛風散)Cangerzi granule(蒼耳子散)
Spleen-Qi deficiency (脾氣虛) Replenishing Qi to invigorate the spleen (補氣益脾) Decoction of 4 noble(四君子湯)Bu Zhong Yi Qi decoction(補中益氣湯)Shenling Baizhu decoction(蔘苓白朮散)
Lung heat (肺熱) Clearing lung-heat (淸肺熱) Xin Yi Qing Fei Yin(辛夷淸肺飮)