Table 2.

Core medicine of Chinese herbal prescription.

Types of TCM syndrome element	Core medicine of Chinese herbal prescription
Qi deficiency	Tangshen, Heterophylly Falsestarwort Root, Largehead Atractylodes Rhizome, Milkvetch Root, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Indian Bread, and Chinese Date
Turbid phlegm	Pinellia Tuber, Snakegourd Fruit, Indian Bread, Dried Tangerine peel, Longstamen Onion Bulb, Largehead Atractylodes Rhizome, Platycodon Root, Golden Thread, Bamboo Shavings, Wrinkled Giant Hyssop + Herba Eupatorii, Wrinkled Giant Hyssop, Orange Fruit + Pinellia Tuber
Blood stasis	Szechwan Lovage Rhizome, Yanhusuo, Danshen Root, Peach Seed, Safflower, Chinese Angelica, Turmeric Root Tuber, Red Peony Root, Turmeric Root Tuber + Red Peony Root, Peach Seed + Radix bupleuri, Peach Seed + Platycodon Root, Szechwan Lovage Rhizome + Orange Fruit