1. Qi-Stagnation and Phlegm-Accumulation Syndrome
Main Symptoms: Distending pain in the bilateral or unilateral breast, palpable flat and round mass under the areola, painful and movable by touch, accompanied by emotional depression, stuffy chest, poor appetite, insomnia, vexation, nausea, or a sensation of foreign body in the throat, slightly red tongue, thin and whitish coating, thready and wiry pulse.

2.  Yang-Deficiency and Phlegm-Accumulation Syndrome
Main Symptoms: Mild pain in the breast, palpable flat and round mass under the areola in a tough or slightly hard nature without obvious tenderness, movable by pushing it, accompanied by low spirit, lassitude, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knee, chills, cold limbs, lustreless complexion, impotence, clear and profuse urine, pale tongue, thin and whitish coating, deep and thready pulse.

3. Syndrome of Yin Deficiency of the Liver and Kidney
Main Symptoms: Bilateral or unilateral breast enlarged as big as that of the woman, with mass under the areola and insidious pain in tough nature, slight tenderness, movable by pushing it, accompanied by dizziness, blurred vision, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knee, dry mouth, dry throat, tidal fever in the afternoon, night perspiration, seminal emission, reddened tongue, scanty or peeled coating, thready and rapid pulse.

4. Syndrome of Stagnation and Obstruction of Breast Collaterals
Main Symptoms: Breast mass in hard nature, with pricking pain and unmovable condition, frequent distending sensation, stuffy chest, accompanied by purple dark tongue, thin and whitish coating, wiry pulse or thready and hesitant pulse.