Table 2.

Subgroups of BGJTD

Subgroups	Compositiona	Applications
Ba	Astragalus membranaceus (30), Panax ginseng C. A.Meyer (4, ginsenoside Rg1, Rb1)b, Epimedium Koreanum NAKAI (10), Cibotium barometz J. Smith (8)	Replenishing qi and yin energy
Bb	Angelica gigas (7.5, chlorogenic acid, nodakenin), Rehmannia glutinosa (7.5, 5-HMF), Cnidium officinale Makino (7.5), Spatholobus suberectus Dunn (12)	Increasing erythropoietic activity and blood function
Bc	Prunus persica (7.5, amygdaline), Paeonia lactiflora Pall (7.5, albiflorin, paeoniflorin), Carthamus tinctorius (7.5), Lumbricidae (5), Salvia miltiorrhiza (12)	Improving blood circulation
Bd	Uncaria rhynchophylla (12), Pueraria lobate Ohwi (8, puerarin), Crassostrea gigas (12), Albizia julibrissin Durazz (12), Chaenomeles sinensis Koebhne (8)	Relieving pain and regulating yang energy
Be	Panax ginseng C. A.Meyer (4, ginsenoside Rg1, Rb1), Angelica gigas (7.5), Paeonia lactiflora Pall (7.5, albiflorin, paeoniflorin), Crassostrea gigas (8)

^aNumber in parenthesis: grams in preparing each decoction

^bUnderlined in parenthesis are chemical ingredients which were identified by HPLC analysis