Table 1.

Common clinical patterns and clinical treatments in TCM.

	Kidney-Yang deficiency	Liver- and Kidney-Yin deficiency	Spleen Qi deficiency
Tongue body	Pale with a white coating	Pink with a thin coating	Pale with teeth marks and a thin white coating
Pulse	Deep and weak	Thready	Thready and weak
Principles	Warm and tonify kidney-yang, invigorate blood, and brighten the eyes	Nourish and tonify liver and kidney, invigorate blood, and brighten the eyes	Supplement the spleen and benefit Qi, invigorate blood, and brighten the eyes
Formula	Modified You Gui Wan   Zhi Fu Zi 6 g   Rou Gui 6 g   Shu Di Huang 15 g   Shan Zhu Yu 10 g   Sang Shen Zi 12 g   Gou Qi Zi 15 g   Huai Shan Yao 10 g   Dang Gui 10 g   Tu Si Zi 15 g   Rou Cong Rong 10 g   Chuan Xiong 10 g   Niu Xi 15 g	Modified Liu Wei Di Huang Wan   Shudihuang 15 g   Shan Zhu Yu 15 g   Huai Shan Yao 15 g   Mu Dan Pi 10 g   Fu Ling 10 g   Ze Xie 10 g   Dan Shen 10 g   Niu Xi 10 g   Chuan Xiong 10 g   Gan Cao 6 g	Modified Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang   Chai Hu 10 g   Huang Qi 15 g   Dang Shen 10 g   Bai Zhu 10 g   Dang Gui 10 g   Ge Gen 20 g   Hong Hua 3 g   Man Jing Zi 10 g   Bai Ji Li 10 g   Dan Shen 12 g   Ye Ming Sha 12 g   Cang Zhu 10 g   Gan Cao 5 g
Acupuncture (main points)	BL1 (Jing Ming)   ST1 (Cheng Qi)   EX-HN7 (Qiu Hou)   GB20 (Feng Chi)   BL18 (Gan Shu)   BL23 (Shen Shu)   ST36 (Zu San Li)   GB37 (Guang Ming)   SP6 (San Yin Jiao)	GB20 (Feng Chi)   EX-HN13 (Yi Ming)   EX-HN7 (Qiu Hou)   BL2 (Cuan Zhu)   ST2 (Si Bai)   SI6 (Yang Lao)   LI4 (He Gu)   SP6 (San Yin Jiao)   LR3 (Tai Chong)   BL18 (Gan Shu)   BL23 (Shen Shu)   KI3 (Tai Xi)	BL17 (Ge Shu)   BL20 (Pi Shu)   GB20 (Feng Chi)   EX-HN13 (Yi Ming)   EX-HN7 (Qiu Hou)   BL2 (Cuan Zhu)   ST2 (Si Bai)   SI6 (Yang Lao)   LI4 (He Gu)   SP6 (San Yin Jiao)   LR3 (Tai Chong)