| 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) |