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Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction): Treats wind-stroke fever caused by pathogenic invasion of the Taiyang channel (diseases resulting from pathogenic invasion of the Taiyang meridian). Symptoms include spontaneous sweating and aversion to wind.
Ingredients: Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae).

Mahuang Tang (Ephedra Decoction): Treats fever due to cold-stroke caused by pathogenic invasion of the Taiyang channel. Symptoms include absence of sweating and aversion to cold.
Ingredients: Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae), Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Xingren (Semen Pruni Armeniacae).

Xiao Chaihu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction): Treats deafness and hypochondriac pain caused by pathogenic invasion of the Shaoyang Gallbladder channel. Symptoms include alternating chills and fever, and bitter taste in the mouth.
Ingredients: Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae).

Da Chaihu Tang (Major Bupleurum Decoction): Indicated when exterior syndromes remain unresolved while interior syndromes are urgent. The treatment method combines diaphoresis (sweating) and purgation.
Ingredients: Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), Zhishi (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus).

Baitu Tang (White Tiger Decoction): Treats high fever, extreme thirst with sweating, and a surging pulse (Hongda pulse). If there is no thirst, this medicine must not be used; it is a major contraindication. If the fever is due to Yin deficiency, taking this will cause death. For summerheat diseases occurring in the fifth and sixth lunar months, this formula must be used, but one must carefully distinguish between deficiency and excess.
Ingredients: Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Zhimu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Zhuye (Folium Bambusae), Nuomi (Semen Oryzae Glutinosi).

Tiaowei Chengqi Tang (Regulating the Stomach and Directing Downward Decoction): Treats syndromes where Taiyang disease transmits to the Yangming channel. Symptoms include aversion to heat rather than cold, constipation accompanied by vomiting, and tidal fever at Dingwu time (3-5 PM). Yangming disease has two presentations: if in the channel, use muscle-releasing methods; if entering the fu organs, use purgative methods.
Ingredients: Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas).

Xiao Chengqi Tang (Minor Directing Downward Decoction): Treats cases of no bowel movement for six or seven days, abdominal distension and fullness. The pathology is in the Yangming exterior syndrome; after sweating, there is no longer aversion to cold, but instead tidal fever, delirious speech, and wheezing.
Ingredients: Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis), Zhishi (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus).

Da Chengqi Tang (Major Directing Downward Decoction): Treats delirium in Yangming and Taiyin syndromes, no bowel movement for five or six days, abdominal fullness, irritability, and thirst. It also treats dry tongue and parched mouth in Shaoyin syndromes, along with tidal fever and a deep, solid pulse.
Ingredients: Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis), Zhishi (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus), Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas).

Taoren Chengqi Tang (Peach Kernel Directing Downward Decoction): Treats cases where exterior symptoms have resolved, presenting with urgency in the lower abdomen, black stool, and free urination, indicating a blood stasis syndrome.

Sini San (Recover from Extremity Cold Powder): Treats extreme hyperactivity of Yang qi causing blockage of blood vessels, leading to cold extremities (Jue-ni). If the cold extends below the arms and shins, it distinguishes itself from Yin syndromes where cold extends above the elbows and below the knees.
Ingredients: Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Zhishi (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus).

Lizhong Tang (Regulate the Middle Decoction): Treats Taiyin disease occurring immediately upon onset. Symptoms include spontaneous diarrhea without thirst, abundant cold, and abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae). Adding Fuzi creates Fuzi Lizhong Tang.

Zhenwu Tang (True Warrior Decoction)
Ingredients: Fuling (Poria), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens), Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae).

Sini Tang (Recover from Extremity Cold Decoction)
Ingredients: Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae).

Shu Fu Tang (Atractylodes and Aconite Decoction)
Ingredients: Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata).

Jiang Fu Tang (Ginger and Aconite Decoction)
Ingredients: Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens), Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata).

Huiyang Fanben Tang (Restore Yang and Return to Origin Decoction): This formula treats Yin excess repelling Yang outward (Yin-sheng Ge-yang), extreme Yin causing false agitation, thirst with red face, desire to sit or lie in mud/water, weak pulse, or pulse that is faint and nearly absent.
Ingredients: Shu Fuzi (Prepared Radix Aconiti Lateralis), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Wuwei Zi (Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis), Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis), La Cha (Old Tea Leaves).

For facial flushing resembling Dai-yang (floating Yang), indicating lower jiao deficiency, add seven stalks of scallion whites with roots. Decoct using clarified muddy water. Before administration, induce vomiting with cold water to guide fire downward. Take with one spoonful each of pig bile and human urine. If the pulse is absent, gradual return indicates survival; sudden return indicates death.

Shengdi Huanglian Tang (Rehmannia and Coptis Decoction)
Ingredients: Shengdi Huang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Zhizi (Fructus Gardeniae), Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae).