【表汗】用麻黄、无葱苗不发，甚加豆豉。
【吐痰】用瓜蒂，无豆豉不涌。
【下实热】用大黄、无枳实难通，甚者加芒硝，铁锈水以逐热开结。
【解表里】非柴胡不能，坏证须加鳖甲、乌梅、紫苏、桔梗。
【温经】用附子，无干姜不热，甚者泥水澄清煎加葱白，再甚者加麝香、皂荚。
【阴燥者】加蜜一匙，其燥则止。
【中寒重者】姜汁煎服，竹沥无姜汁不行经络。
【蜜导法】无皂角不能开秘结。
【止呕吐】非半夏姜汁不能止，胃虚者加老米一撮煎药。
【虚烦】非人参，竹叶不能止，甚者加山栀炒米，渴加石膏。
【去湿利小水】非五苓散不能除，热甚者加桂一字。
【消渴】非天花粉、干葛不能止。
【补元气生脉】必用人参、五味子、麦门冬。
【止焦呕衄】必用犀角、地黄。
【下焦蓄血】必用桃仁承气。
【表虚】非黄 、桂枝不能固虚。
【除湿助脾】必用茯苓白术。
【黄胆发黄】必用茵陈蒿。
【泻里热除狂】非承气汤不可。
【春温】须用辛凉，非柴胡、干葛不可治。
【四时感冒】非羌活冲和汤不能治。
【救阴毒里证】须四逆汤。
【除吐蛔厥】须理中，乌梅入干姜、花椒。
【化斑毒】须白虎汤。
凡头痛项强，肢节腰背俱强，身疼拘急恶寒，翕翕发热，汗不出，脉浮数浮
紧，皆属表证，可汗。若发汗后不解，仍有发热而脉浮者，宜再汗之。凡头痛身痛
拘急，憎寒发热，表未解者，脉虽迟，可汗。太阳病脉弱，可汗。伤寒身体痛，便清自
调者，可汗。日晡寒热如疟属阳明，脉浮，可汗。
[Diaphoresis] Use Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang, 麻黄); without Scallion White Part (Congbai, 葱白), diaphoresis cannot be achieved. In severe cases, add Fermented Soybean (Douchi, 豆豉).
[Emesis of Phlegm] Use Melon Seed (Gua Di, 瓜蒂); without Fermented Soybean (Douchi, 豆豉), emesis cannot be induced.
[Purging Excess Heat] Use Rhubarb (Dahuang, 大黄); without Immature Bitter Orange (Zhishi, 枳实), unblocking is difficult. In severe cases, add Mirabilite (Mangxiao, 芒硝), and decoct with Rust Water to drive out heat and resolve accumulation.
[Harmonizing Exterior and Interior] Only Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu, 柴胡) can achieve this. For complicated syndromes (Huai Zheng, 坏证), add Turtle Shell (Biejia, 鳖甲), Mume Fruit (Wumei, 乌梅), Perilla Leaf (Zisu, 紫苏), and Platycodon Root (Jiegeng, 桔梗).
[Warming the Meridians] Use Aconite Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi, 附子); without Dried Ginger (Ganjiang, 干姜), warmth is insufficient. In severe cases, decoct with clarified Mud Water and add Scallion White Part (Congbai, 葱白). In even more severe cases, add Musk (Shexiang, 麝香) and Soap Pod (Zaojiao, 皂荚).
[For Yin Dryness] Add one spoonful of Honey; the dryness will cease.
[For Severe Cold Invasion] Decoct and take with Ginger Juice. Arum Rhizome Juice (Zhuli, 竹沥) cannot circulate through the meridians without Ginger Juice as a guide.
[Honey Suppository Method] Without Soap Pod (Zaojiao, 皂荚), constipation cannot be opened.
[Stopping Vomiting] Only Pinellia Tuber (Banxia, 半夏) and Ginger Juice can stop vomiting. For deficiency of the Stomach, add a pinch of Old Rice (Laomi, 老米) when decocting the medicine.
[Deficiency Heat and Restlessness] Only Ginseng Radix (Renshen, 人参) and Bamboo Leaves (Zhuye, 竹叶) can relieve restlessness. In severe cases, add Stir-fried Gardenia Fruit (Zhishanzi, 山栀) and Stir-fried Rice. If thirsty, add Gypsum (Shigao, 石膏).
[Dispelling Dampness and Promoting Urination] Only Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria) can remove dampness. If heat is severe, add a "yi" (a traditional small weight measure) of Cinnamon Twig (Guizhi, 桂枝).
[Xiao Ke (Wasting and Thirst)] Only Trichosanthes Root (Tianhuafen, 天花粉) and Kudzu Root (Gegen, 干葛) can stop thirst.
[Supplementing Primal Qi and Generating the Pulse] Ginseng Radix (Renshen, 人参), Schisandra Fruit (Wuweizi, 五味子), and Ophiopogon Tuber (Mendong, 麦门冬) are essential.
[Stopping Burning Vomiting and Epistaxis] Only Rhinoceros Horn (Xijiao, 犀角) [Note: Modern substitutes used in practice] and Rehmannia Root (Dihuang, 地黄) are required.
[Accumulated Blood in the Lower Jiao] Tao Ren Cheng Qi Tang (Peach Kernel Cathartic Decoction) is mandatory.
[Exterior Deficiency] Only Astragalus Root (Huangqi, 黄芪) and Cinnamon Twig (Guizhi, 桂枝) can consolidate the exterior against deficiency.
[Dispelling Dampness and Assisting the Spleen] Poria (Fuling, 茯苓) and Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu, 白术) are essential.
[Jundanic Jaundice (Yellowing)] Coptidis Rhizome (Yinchenhao, 茵陈蒿) is mandatory.
[Purging Interior Heat and Removing Manic Behavior] Cheng Qi Tang (Cathartic Decoctions) are indispensable.
[Spring Warmth] Acrid-cool methods must be used; only Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu, 柴胡) and Kudzu Root (Gegen, 干葛) can treat it.
[Common Cold in All Seasons] Qianghuo Chonghe Tang (Notopterygium Harmonizing Decoction) is required.
[Rescuing Yin Toxin Interior Syndrome] Sini Tang (Four Reversal Decoction) is necessary.
[Eliminating Vomiting Roundworms and Cold Extremities] Lizhong Tang (Regulate the Middle Decoction) is needed, added with Mume Fruit (Wumei, 乌梅), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang, 干姜), and Sichuan Pepper (Huajiao, 花椒).
[Transforming Macule Toxin] Baihu Tang (White Tiger Decoction) is required.
Headache and stiffness of the neck, rigidity of limbs, joints, waist, and back, body pain with spasms, aversion to cold, mild fever (like being covered by feathers), absence of sweating, and floating or floating-tight pulse all belong to Exterior Syndromes and can be treated with diaphoresis. If after diaphoresis the disease does not resolve, and fever persists with a floating pulse, another dose of diaphoresis is appropriate. Headache, body pain, and spasms, aversion to cold accompanied by fever, with the exterior syndrome unresolved, can be treated with diaphoresis even if the pulse is slow. Taiyang Disease with a weak pulse can be treated with diaphoresis. Shanghan (Cold Damage) with body pain but normal bowel and bladder functions can be treated with diaphoresis. Alternating chills and fever at dusk resembling malaria, belonging to Yangming, if the pulse is floating, can be treated with diaphoresis.