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Wind-dampness, damp-heat, damp-phlegm, damp-edema, wind-damp bi-syndrome.
Employing diaphoresis (sweating method): Using herbs such as Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix) and Xianshu (Atractylodis Rhizoma).
Employing separation and drainage methods: Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Poria Decoction) added with Qianghuo.

Dryness syndrome.
Using Fanghuo Shengshi Tang (Decoction for Overcoming Dampness with Notopterygium) or Pingwei San (Calm the Stomach Powder).
Employing muscle-releasing and exterior-strengthening method: For wind-dampness clashing and causing pain throughout the body, use Jingui Fangji Tang (Fangji Decoction from the Golden Cabinet).
Employing purgation method: For cases of excess qi and victorious pathogenic factors, use Shenyou Wan (Divine Protection Pill), Daohuo Wan (Guiding Fire Pill), or Zhouche Wan (Boat Cart Pill). For cases of deficient qi, use Sangbaipi (Morus Alba Root Bark), Fuling (Poria), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Tinglizi (Lepidium Seed), and Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix).
Medicines governing each meridian:
Liver (Baizhu/Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Spleen, Lung, Kidney (Zexie/Alisma Rhizome), Stomach (Baizhu/Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Small Intestine (Cheqian/Carex Seed), Sanjiao/Triple Burner (Chenpi/Tangerine Peel), Bladder (Yinchen/Artemisiae Scopariae Herba), Large Intestine (Qinjiao/Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix), Pericardium (Tea leaves).

Phlegm-excess, blood-deficiency, wind-pathogen, fire-heat, and xiaoke (wasting-thirst syndrome) are all categorized under dryness.
Fire-descending method: Using Baihu Tang (White Tiger Decoction), Yiyuan San (Benefit Origin Powder), Qingshen Wan (Clear Spirit Pill), Shufeng San (Dispel Wind Powder), or Maren Wan (Hemp Seed Pill).
Blood-nourishing and yin-supplementing method: For blood-deficient and yin-deficient cases, using Siwu Tang (Four-Substance Decoction) added with Chao Bai (Stir-fried Phellodendri Cortex) and Taoren (Prunus Persica Seed).
Clearing Metal (Lung) method: For lung-heat and bodily dryness, clearing metal and descending fire is appropriate.
Intestinal-moistening method: For hand-yangming large-intestine dryness-excess, treating splei-constraint (Pi Yue) with Maren Wan (Hemp Seed Pill) is appropriate.
Purgation method: For phlegm-excess, using Gutan Wan (Rolling Phlegm Pill), Lige Wan (Clear Diaphragm Pill), or Saiyi Chengqi Tang (Three-Essence Bowel-Purging Decoction) and Chaihu Yinzi (Bupleurum Infusion) is appropriate.
Diaphoresis method: For wind-heat pathogens, with surging pulse and substantial qi, using Fangfeng Tongsheng San (Saposhnikovia Universal Benefit Powder) is appropriate.
Tonification method: For elderly patients with dry and obstructed stool, using Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Chenpi (Tangerine Peel), and Maren Tang (Hemp Seed Decoction) is appropriate.
Medicines governing each meridian:
Liver (Danggui/Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Heart (Maidong/Ophiopogonis Tuber), Spleen (Maren/Hemp Seed), Lung (Xingren/Prunus Armeniaca Seed), Kidney (Baiziren/Biotae Seed), Large Intestine (Xiaoshi/Niter), Small Intestine (Huixiang/Fennel Fruit), Sanjiao/Triple Burner (Shanyao/Dioscoreae Rhizome), Bladder (Huixiang/Fennel Fruit), Pericardium (Taoren/Prunus Persica Seed).

For exterior aversion to cold, apply warming methods; for internal invasion, apply coercive methods. Exterior syndromes refer to the examples in Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage).
Orthodox treatment: Primarily relies on warming and dispersing, using Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) and Sixini Tang (Four-Reversal Decoction). In severe cases, using Sanjian Pilei San (Three Foundations Thunderbolt Powder). Some cases involve sudden attack by heaven-earth cold or injury from consuming raw/cold foods.
Follow-treatment (Paradoxical treatment): Adding cooling agents as guides to hot medicines, or administering hot medicines frozen. The classic states "following while opposing."
Counter-attack method: Using honey-prepared Wutou (Aconiti Radix).
Moxibustion: For yin-cold and sinking pulse nearing extinction, moxibustion is appropriate.
Hot compress: For pain caused by cold stagnation, applying ash packs for compression is appropriate.
Tonification: For qi-deficiency with middle-jiao cold, presenting with deep, slow, and weak pulses, adding Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) to Buzhong Yiqi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Boost Qi Decoction); in severe cases, add Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root).
Purgation: For pain caused by cold accumulation and depression, using Guizhi Dahuang Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Rhubarb Decoction), adopting a method of opposing yet following.
Coercive method: For cold qi knotting and struggling, using Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root) type herbs. If warmth does not restore yang, using Jin Ye Dan (Golden Liquid Pill) or Erqi Dan (Two-Qi Pill) to strengthen and benefit yang qi.
Medicines governing each meridian:
Liver (Qi aspect, Wuzhuyu/Euodia Fruit; Blood aspect, Danggui/Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Heart (Qi aspect, Guixin/Cinnamon Bark; Blood aspect, same as above), Spleen (Qi aspect, Wuzhuyu/Euodia Fruit; Blood aspect, same as above), Lung (Qi aspect, Mahuang/Ephedrae Herba; Blood aspect, Ganjiang/Zingiberis Rhizoma), Kidney (Qi aspect, Xixin/Asari Radix et Rhizoma; Blood aspect, Fuzi/Prepared Aconite Root), Gallbladder (Qi aspect, Shengjiang/Fresh Zingiberis Rhizoma; Blood aspect, Chuanxiong/Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Large Intestine (Qi aspect, Baizhi/Saposhnikoviae Radix; Blood aspect, Qinjiao/Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix), Small Intestine (Qi aspect, Huixiang/Fennel Fruit; Blood aspect, Xuyan/Corydalis Rhizoma), Sanjiao/Triple Burner (Qi aspect, Heifu/Black Prepared Aconite Root; Blood aspect, Chuanxiong/Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Bladder (Qi aspect, Mahuang/Ephedrae Herba; Blood aspect, Guizhi/Cinnamon Twig), Pericardium (Qi aspect, Fuzi/Prepared Aconite Root; Blood aspect, Chuanxiong/Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma).