Releasing muscle layer herbs: Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix).

The Small Intestine is primarily responsible for separating and digesting food and fluids, and is known as the "Official of Reception and Storage" (the organ that receives and stores food).
Jing-Well/Root pathology: Diarrhea with undigested food in stool, scanty urine, urinary retention, hematuria, urinary incontinence or frequency, bleeding after defecation, Qi pain in the small intestine, retained food, night fever that resolves by morning.
Biao/Branch pathology: Fever with aversion to cold, sore throat with submandibular swelling, oral ulceration, deafness.

Qi-level herbs: Mutong (Akebiae Caulis), Zhuling (Polyporus), Huashi (Talcum), Qumai (Dianthi Herba), Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma), Dengcao (Junci Medulla).
Blood-level herbs: Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix), Puhuang (Pollinis Typhae), Chifuling (Poria cum Rubra), Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus), Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex).

Qi-level herbs: Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Lianshi (Meliae Fructus), Huixiang (Foeniculi Fructus), Sharen (Amomi Fructus Rotundus), Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata), Biandou (Dolichoris Semen).
Blood-level herbs: Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Xuanhusuo (Cyperi Rhizoma).

Fire-descending herbs: Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus), Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus).

Releasing muscle layer herbs: Bencao (Ligustici Rhizoma et Radix), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Manjingzi (Viticis Fructus).

The Bladder is responsible for storing essence and fluids; it is the mansion of the bladder organ. Urination occurs only through Qi transformation, hence it is called the "Official of the Metropolis." Various diseases may affect it.
Jing-Well/Root pathology: Dribbling urination, or frequent and scanty urination, yellow-red urine, clear urine, passage of flatus with urine, Qi pain.
Biao/Branch pathology: Fever with aversion to cold, headache, stiffness of the lower back and spine, nasal congestion, dysfunction of the little toe.

Fire-draining herbs: Huashi (Talcum), Zhuling (Polyporus), Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma), Fuling (Poria).

Heat-indication herbs: Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma).
Cold-indication herbs: Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Yizhi (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus), Wuyao (Linderae Radix), Shanzhuyu (Corni Fructus).

Fire-descending herbs: Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix), Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus), Yinchen (Artemisiae Scopariae Herba), Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex), Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex), Digupi (Lycii Cortex).

Exterior-releasing herbs: Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba), Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix), Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Muzei (Equiseti Herba).

Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian guiding herbs: Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma); Hand-Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian guiding herbs: Bencao (Ligustici Rhizoma et Radix), Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex).
Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian guiding herbs: Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma); Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian guiding herbs: Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix).
Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian guiding herbs: Jiegeng (Platocodonis Radix), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Congbai (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus).
Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian guiding herbs: Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma).
Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian guiding herbs: Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix), Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba).
Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian guiding herbs: Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix).
Hand-Jueyin Pericardium Meridian guiding herbs: Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum).
Foot-Shaoyall Gallbladder Meridian guiding herbs: Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Qingpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride).
Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian guiding herbs: Qingpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride), Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Wuzhuyu (Evodiae Fructus), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix).
Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian guiding herbs: Upper Jiao uses Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus), Middle Jiao uses Qingpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride), Lower Jiao uses Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), along with Digupi (Lycii Cortex).

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