Chief | Da Huang | - purges heat
- relaxes bowels
- eliminates excess heat accumulation in the stomach and intestines
- treats heat and excess
| Treat both dryness and excess with powerful downward-draining action.This combination is the foundation for purging heat accumulation. |
Deputy | Mang Xiao | - drains heat and relaxes the bowels
- softens hardness and moistens dryness
- treats dryness and hardness
| Treat both dryness and excess with powerful downward-draining action.This combination is the foundation for purging heat accumulation. |
Assistant | Hou Po | - lowers qi
- relaxes bowels
- eliminates fullness
- treats fullness
| This combination is the foundation for dispersing pi and eliminating fullness. |
Assistant | Zhi Shi | - moves qi
- disperses pi
- treats pi
| This combination is the foundation for dispersing pi and eliminating fullness. |