Organs and tissues | Clinical picture or pathological changes | Symptomatic treatment | Chinese herbal slices with corresponding pharmacological evidence for important organs |
Body surface | Fever | Antipyretic | Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) |
Respiratory system | Cough | Relieving a cough | Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae preparatum), Tinglizi (Lepidium apetalum Willd) |
Expectoration, and blood-stained sputum | Eliminating phlegm | Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Caoguo (Fructus Tsaoko) | |
Pant | Relieving asthma | Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae), Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae preparatum), Tinglizi (Lepidium apetalum Willd) | |
Gastrointestinal system | Gastrointestinal symptoms | Repairing gastric damage | Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis), Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae preparatum), Fuling (Poria cocos) |
Inhibited defecation | Promoting gastrointestinal functional movement | Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae), Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum), Huoxiang (Herba Pogostemonis), Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodi), Caoguo (Fructus Tsaok), Shengdahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) | |
Emesis | Stopping vomiting | Huoxiang (Herba Pogostemoni), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae preparatum) | |
Urinary system | Urine is red | Diuresis | Shengmahuang (Herba Ephedrae), Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodi), Fuling (Poria cocos), Shengdahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), Tinglizi (Lepidium apetalum Willd) |
Urine is red | Renal protection | Shengdahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), Shenghuangqi (Radix Astragali) | |
Central system | Abdominal pain/myalgia | Analgesia | Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum), Huoxiang (Herba Pogostemoni), Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis), Caoguo (Fructus Tsaok), Shengdahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) |
Hepatobiliary system | Liver protection | Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis), Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodi), Fuling (Poria cocos), Shengdahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), Chishao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra) | |
Cholagogue | Shengdahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) | ||
Blood system | Anti-platelet aggregation | Huoxiang (Herba Pogostemoni), Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis), Shengdahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), Shenghuangqi (Radix Astragali) | |
Blood circulation | Shengdahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), Shenghuangqi (Radix Astragali), Chishao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra) | ||
The heart | Cardioprotective effects | Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae preparatum), Shenghuangqi (Radix Astragali), Tinglizi (Lepidium apetalum Willd) | |
Adrenalin action | Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae), Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodi) |