- Materias that Release the Exterior from Wind-Cold
- Materias that Release the Exterior from Wind-Heat: diaphoretic and cool
- Materias that Drain Heat and Fire
- Materias that Cool the Blood
- Materias that Drain Heat and Dry Dampness
- Materias that Eliminate Toxic Heat
- Materias that Eliminate Empty-Heat
- Purgative Materias
- Materias that Expel Wind-Dampness
- Materias that Drain Dampness
- Aromatic Materias that Transform Dampness
- Materias that Transform Phlegm and Calm Cough
- Materias that Calm Cough and Wheezing
- Materias that Disperse Food Stagnation
- Materias that Regulate Qi
- Materias that Tonify Qi
- Materias that Regulate Blood
- Materias that Tonify Blood
- Materias that Warm the Interior and Eliminate Empty-Cold
- Materias that Tonify Yang
- Materias that Tonify Yin
- Astringent Materias
- Materias that Anchor and Calm the Shen
- Materias that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Shen
- Materias that Eliminate Interior Wind and Calm Tremors
- Aromatic Materias that Open the Orifices