What to compare
Compare warming or cooling direction, dispersing intensity, sweating context, and whether the record discusses wind, dampness, cough, or sore throat.
Traditional grouping
6 herbs in this study group
This grouping concerns traditional exterior patterns. Warm, cool, dispersing, and dampness-related records have different boundaries and should not be collapsed into “cold remedies.”
Compare warming or cooling direction, dispersing intensity, sweating context, and whether the record discusses wind, dampness, cough, or sore throat.
Open at least one entry to check its medicinal part, processing context, contraindications, and uncertainty. A category organizes discovery; it does not support self-medication.

Ephedra sinica Stapf
Warm
Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J.Presl
Warm
Bupleurum chinense DC.
Slightly Cold
Mentha haplocalyx Briq.
Cool
Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk.
Slightly Warm
Schizonepeta tenuifolia (Benth.) Briq.
Slightly Warm