Table 1.

The therapy of RP in Chinese medicine.

Dialectic Zheng	Spleen-Qi deficiency	Liver and kidney-yin deficiency	Kidney-yang deficiency
Symbol state	Tongue, white and thin coating; pulse, weak	Tongue, red and thin coating; pulse, tenuous and high frequency	Tongue, pale and thin coating; pulse, sinking
Therapy	Invigorating the spleen and replenishing Qi	Nourishing the liver and kidney	Warmly invigorating the kidney yang
Prescription	Buzhong Yiqi decoction and Chinese medicine activating blood dredge collateral	Ming Mu Di Huang decoction and Chinese medicine activating blood dredge collateral	Yeming formula and Chinese medicine activating blood dredge collateral

Activating blood dredge collateral promotes blood circulation by removal of meridian obstruction.