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| Single herb |
| Pin-yin name | Chinese materia medica name | Botanical name | Therapeutic actions and indications based on TCM theory | Number | Average daily dose (g) |
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| Bai-xian-pi | Cortex Dictamni | Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz. | Clearing heat, drying dampness, dispelling wind, and resolving toxin | 783 | 1.52 |
| Mu-dan-pi | Cortex Moutan | Paeonia suffruticosa Andrews | Clearing heat, cooling the blood, quickening the blood, and dispersing stasis | 721 | 3.88 |
| Sheng-di-huang | Radix Rehmanniae | Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) DC. | Clearing heat, cooling the blood, nourishing yin, and engendering liquid | 602 | 5.98 |
| Tu-fu-ling | Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae | Smilax glabra Roxb. | Resolving toxin and drying dampness | 502 | 7.28 |
| Dan-shen | Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae | Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge | Clearing and quickening the blood and regulating menstruation | 479 | 1.30 |
| Zi-cao | Radix Lithospermi | Lithospermum erythrorhizon Siebold & Zucc.; Arnebia euchroma (Royle) I.M.Johnst.; Arnebia guttata Bunge | Clearing and quickening the blood, resolving toxin, and outthrusting papules | 469 | 1.38 |
| Di-fu-zi | Fructus Kochiae | Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad. | Clearing heat, drying dampness, and relieving itching | 440 | 8.44 |
| Lian-qiao | Fructus Forsythiae | Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl | Clearing heat, resolving toxin, coursing wind, and dispersing heat | 440 | 23.5 |
| Chi-shao-yao | Radix Rubra Paeoniae | Paeonia lactiflora Pall. | Clearing heat, cooling the blood, dispersing stasis, and relieving pain | 402 | 1.31 |
| Jin-yin-hua | Flos Lonicerae | Lonicera japonica Thunb. | Clearing heat, resolving toxin, coursing wind, and dispersing heat | 392 | 16.8 |
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