| Category | Herb | Number | Property and taste | Meridian tropism |
| Invigorating spleen and resolving dampness | Poria | 8,248 | Sweet, light, flat | Spleen, kidney | Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae | 7,873 | Pungent, bitter, warm | Spleen, lung | Semen Coicis | 7,644 | Sweet, light, cool | Spleen, stomach | Rhizoma Dioscoreae Oppositae | 6,926 | Sweet, flat | Spleen, lung, kidney | Fructus Hordei Germinatus | 2,527 | Sweet, flat | Spleen, stomach, liver |
| Promoting blood circulation to dredge collaterals | Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae | 7,813 | Bitter, slightly cold | Heart, liver | Flos Carthami | 7,257 | Pungent, warm | Heart, liver | Semen Persicae | 7,034 | Bitter, sweet, flat | Heart, liver | Caulis Spatholobi | 3,992 | Bitter, slightly sweet, warm | Liver, kidney | Rhizoma Chuanxiong | 2,518 | Pungent, warm | Liver |
| Wind-dispelling and dehumidification | Radix et Rhizoma Clematidis Chinensis | 6,189 | Pungent, salt, warm | Bladder | Sigesbeckia orientalis | 5,247 | Pungent, bitter, cold | Kidney, liver | Rhizoma Alismatis | 4,869 | Sweet, cold | Kidney, bladder | Semen Plantaginis | 2,383 | Sweet, slightly cold | Liver, kidney, lung, small intestine | Radix Angelicae Biserratae | 1,375 | Pungent, bitter, warm | Kidney, bladder |
| Heat clearing and detoxification | Herba Taraxaci Mongolici | 6,956 | Bitter, sweet, cold | Liver, stomach | Herba Hedyotdis | 4,890 | Bitter, sweet, cold | Stomach, larger intestine | Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis | 2,260 | Bitter, cold | Lung, stomach, larger intestine | Cortex Phellodendri Amurensis | 1,739 | Bitter, cold | Kidney, bladder | Rhizoma Anemarrhenae | 1,583 | Bitter, sweet, cold | Lung, stomach |
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