1. Syndrome of external attack by wind and heat
Main symptoms and signs: Pharyngodynia and dysphagia with the sensation of pharyngolaryngeal obstruction, aversion to cold, fever, slight thirst, epiglottic congestion and swelling and poor epiglottic activity in the examination, red lingual margin and tip, whitish and thin fur, floating and rapid pulse.

2. Syndrome of wind intermingled with phlegm
Main symptoms and signs: Pharyngodynia and dysphagia, obstruction of the pharynx with discomfort, obstructive respiration, laryngeal rale, aversion to cold, fever, no thirst, severer hemispherical epiglottic edema with poor epiglottic mobility and slight congestion or without congestion discorered by the examination, reddish tongue with greasy fur and slippery pulse.