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| Formula | Origin | Composition | Function | Traditional application | Modern application |
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| Ginseng Decoction [30] | Shiyao Shenshu from Xiuyuerubanjing Houlu | Large ginseng 20–30 g | Invigorating qi to prevent prostration | It is seen after hemorrhage, ulcer, and sore. Those who get qi and blood deficiency, pale complexion, aversion to cold with fever, cold limbs, spontaneous sweating or cold sweating, and faint pulse catch this kind of disease. | Hemorrhagic or cardiogenic shock |
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| Sini Decoction [16, 31] | Taiyang meridian syndrome from Treatise on Febrile Diseases | Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparate (monarch, two liang), Rhizoma Zingiberis (minister, one and half liang), Radix Aconiti Preparata (assistant, one piece, uncooked) | Warming the middle energizer to dispel cold, Rescuing from collapse by restoring Yang | Shanghan Taiyang disease which is mistakenly treated by sweating method damages yang, yangming, taiyin, shaoyin, jueyin and cholera, displaying such symptom as deadly cold hand and foot, aversion to cold, vomiting and no eagerness to drink, hypogastralgia and diarrhea, spiritual deficiency and always sleeping, white and slippery tongue coating, faint pulse, and such diseases as plague, malaria, Jue disease, Collapse disease and pain disease. All above belong to yin syndrome. | Multiple shocks |
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| Zhenwu Decoction [15] | Shaoyin meridian syndrome from Treatise on Febrile Diseases | Poria cocos, Paeonia Lactiflora Pall, Ginger (sliced) each three liang, Atractylodes macrocephala koidz (two liang), Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (one piece, processed) | Warming yang to promote diuresis | It directs to deficiency of spleen-yang and kidney-yang and Water and Dampness Retention. The syndromes show as follows: dysuria; heavy limbs with pain; hypogastralgia and diarrhea; limb swelling; white tongue coating and no eagerness to drink; deep pulse; taiyang-diseases which are overused sweating method; edema due to yang insufficiency; sweating but not relieve the symptom; fever; epigastric throb; dizziness; trembling body. | Cardiogenic or renal edema |
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| Yupingfeng Powder [17] | Spontaneous Sweating Decoction from Danxi's experiential therapy | Saposhnikovia divaricata, Radix astragali, one liang each, Atractylodes macrocephala koidz (two liang) Three qian. The above with one and half cup of water and three pieces of ginger | Tonifying Spleen and supplementing defending qi; Consolidating exterior for arresting sweating | It is called by TCM immunomodulator. It treats spontaneous sweating due to deficiency of yang, susceptibility of pathogenic wind; body injury by wind, rain, cold and dampness, and withered skin; sweating and disgusting wind; pale complexion, pale tongue, and thin-white coating, floating and deficient pulse. It also treats deficient people with loosened striae and susceptibility of pathogenic wind. | Rising the immune function |
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