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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms of fatigue |
| Gui Zhi Tang Cinnamon Twig Decoction; Ramulus Cinnamomi Decoction |
Eliminates Cold and Wind from the Exterior and Tendino-Muscle channels; Harmonizes Nutritive-Qi and Defensive-Qi; Promotes sweating. | Externally-contracted Wind-Cold leading to an exterior Cold deficient condition (fever and spontaneous sweating). The Defensive-Qi is unable to guard the Exterior and the Nutritive-Qi is unable to nourish and stabilize the Interior. This formula may also be used in treating such biomedically-defined disorders as upper respiratory tract infection, influenza, postpartum fever, allergic rhinitis, angioedema, cerebrovascular spasm, eczema and urticaria. | Aversion to wind; Headache; Eczema; Fatigue (especially in the morning); In cases with high fever, the pulse is faster but relatively slow if compared with other diseases showing identical fever; Rhinitis; Skin rashes; Pink tongue, thin-white coating; Floating-Moderate pulse (Fu Huan). |
| Bei Xie Shen Shi Tang Dioscorea Hypoglauca Decoction to Eliminate Dampness |
Clears Damp-Heat; Transforms Damp-Heat; Moves Blood; Cools Blood; Tonifies the Spleen; Diuretic. | Damp-Heat rash. | Blister; Chronic urticaria; Dermatitis; Gradual onset of skin rashes; Itching; Pale-red skin (weepy after scratching); Vesicular rash; Weeping eczema; Fatigue; Poor appetite; Sensation of heaviness; Tongue with white or yellow coating (may be greasy); Slippery-Rapid pulse (Hua Shu). |
| Da Ding Feng Zhu Major Arrest Wind Pearl |
Nourishes Yin; Calms Liver-Wind. | Internal movement of Wind due to Yin Deficiency, which may be caused by the long-standing retention of pathogenic Heat from a warm-febrile disease, or by improper treatment involving excessive sweating or purging. | Alternating flexion and extension of limbs; Encephalitis (advanced stage); Exhaustion, fatigue (often the patient will appear as if he is about to go into shock or collapse); Meningitis; Muscle spasms; Faint pulse (Wei); Empty pulse (Xu). |