1. Syndrome of Wind and Heat Attacking the Exterior
Main Symptoms: Fresh red skin rashes, serious pruritus, accompanied by fever, sore throat, skin rashes aggravated by exposure to heat, red tongue margin and tip, thin and white or thin and yellow coating, superficial and rapid pulse.

2. Syndrome of Blockage of the Exterior by Wind and Cold
Main Symptoms: Skin rashes in white color, aggravated by exposure to wind and relieved by warmth, no thirst, slightly red tongue, thin and whitish coating, superficial and tight pulse.

3. Syndrome of Blood Deficiency and Wind Dryness
Main Symptoms: Repeated and lingering skin rashes, aggravated in the afternoon or at night, accompanied by vexation, dry mouth, reddened tongue with scanty fluid, deep and thready pulse.

4. Syndrome of Dampness and in the Spleen and Stomach
Main Symptoms: Pain in the epigastric region in the attack of skin rashes, with restlessness, failure to take food, fatigue, lassitude, loose stool, or constipation, reddened tongue, yellowish and greasy coating, soft and rapid pulse.

5. Syndrome of Excessive Heat-Toxin in Ying-Nutrient System
Main Symptoms: Sudden onset, skin rashes over the whole body, in big patches of fresh red color, serious pruritus, accompanied by high fever, vexation, thirstwith preference of cold drinks, sore throat, flushed complexion, red eyes, scanty and brown urine, constipation,crimson tongue, yellowish coating, rapid or slippery and rapid pulse.