The commonly seen syndromes are wind-heat invading lung, damp - heat with exuberance of virulence, heat invasion of blood chamber, brimming heat of heart and spleen.

Gout results from noxious damp-heat or noxious blood stasis, which are caused by a long term of improper diet or disturbance of the zang-fu functions.

In syndrome differentiation, it may be classified as damp-heat, cold-damp, damp-toxin, phlegm - damp and damp - blood - stasis, the latter three being commonly - seen in sterility.