Deficiency of yin and insufficiency of blood have lead to the disturbance of the mind. Symptoms include palpitations, vexation, insomnia, mental fatigue, forgetfulness, nocturnal emission, feverish feeling in palms and soles, aphtha, a sore mouth and tongue, and dry stool. The tongue is red with scanty coating, and the pulse is thin and rapid.

Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin is indicated for patterns of hyperactive liver yang and ascending liver wind. The symptoms are headache, dizziness and vertigo, insomnia with profuse dreaming; or a bitter taste in the mouth, flushed face, a red tongue with a yellow tongue coating, and a wiry or rapid pulse.

Tian Tai Wu Yao San is indicated for small intestinal shan qi due to cold congealing and stagnant qi in the liver channel. The symptoms are lesser abdomen pain dragging to testicle (s), a feeling that the testicles are distended and dropped unevenly, or lesser abdomen pain. The tongue is pale with a white coating and the pulse is deep and slow or wiry. This formula is also used for painful menstruation and abdomen mass due to cold congealing and qi stagnation.

Zhi Sou San is indicated for the pattern of wind pathogens attacking the lung. The symptoms are cough, itchiness in the pharynx, difficulty in coughing up sputum, or mild aversion to wind and fever. The tongue coating is thin and white, and the pulse is superficial and moderate.