| Pharmaceutical Latin | Pin Yin | Dosage | Actions |
| Fr. Arctii | Niu Bang Zi | 12g | Disperses Wind-Heat Relieves toxicity.
With Lian Qiao, unblocks and drains Heat toxin, disperses clumps and swellings for sore, swollen throat, swellings like mumps, boils and other Heat toxin lesions and ulcerations and abscesses of the tongue and mouth. |
| Rz. et Rx. Notopterygii | Qiang Huo | 10g | Releases the Exterior and disperses Cold. |
| Rz. Coptidis | Huang Lian | 6g | Drains Fire and resolves Fire toxicity.
With Huang Qin, drains pathogenic Heat from the Upper and Middle Jiaos for high fever, redness, swelling and pain of the head and face, dry mouth, parched throat, ulcerations of the mouth and tongue, epistaxis, rashes and irritability in warm-febrile disease. |
| Rx. Scutellariae | Huang Qin | 10g | Drains Fire, detoxifies and calms ascending Liver Yang. |
| Hb. Menthae | Bo He | 3g | Disperses Wind-Heat, cools and clears the head and eyes and benefits the throat. |
| Fr. Forsythiae | Lian Qiao | 12g | Clears Heat, especially in the Upper Jiao, and relieves toxicity.
With Niu Bang Zi and Bo He, for Wei Stage Heat. |
