Table 1.

Traditional prescriptions containing Viticis Fructus.

Compound Preparation name	Main TCM	Traditional clinical use	References
Qi Wei Ke Teng Zi Wan	Entada phaseoloides(L.) Merr.; Croton tiglium L.; Ferula sinkiangensis K. M. Shen; Piper nigrum L.; Viticis Fructus; V. trifolia; Nigella glandulifera Freyn et Sint.; Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.	Dispelling summer heat, harmonizing the middle, relieving spasm and pain. Used for vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain, chest tightness, dysthymia, headache and fever.	[2]
Xiong Ju Shang Qing Wan	Ligusticum sinense 'Chuanxiong'; Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.; Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi; Gardenia jasminoides J. Ellis; Viticis Fructus; Coptis chinensis Franch.; Mentha canadensis L.; Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl; Nepeta cataria L.; Hansenia weberbaueriana (Fedde ex H. Wolff) Pimenov & Kljuykov; Conioselinum anthriscoides (H. Boissieu) Pimenov & Kljuykov; Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.; Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk.; Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.; Angelica dahurica (Fisch. ex Hoffm.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Franch. & Sav.	Clearing heat and relieving symptoms, dispersing wind and relieving pain. Used for the symptoms of external wind, such as bad wind and body heat, migraine headache, runny nose, toothache and sore throat.	[2]
Fu Ke Yang Kun Wan	Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch. ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.; Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.; Ligusticum sinense 'Chuanxiong'; Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels; Corydalis yanhusuo (Y. H. Chou & C. C. Hsu) W. T. Wang ex Z. Y. Su & C. Y. Wu; Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi; Curcuma aromatica Salisb.; Dolomiaea souliei (Franch.) C. Shih; Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.; Cyperus rotundus L.; Paeonia lactiflora Pall.; Viticis Fructus; Amomum villosum Lour.	Diversifying the liver and Qi, nourishing the blood and invigorating it. Used for irregular menses, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhea and period headache due to blood weakness and depression of the liver.	[2]
Bo Yun Tui Yi Wan	Buddleja officinalis Maxim.; Tribulus terrestris L.; Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.; Equisetum hyemale L.; Snake slough; Cicada slough; Nepeta cataria L.; Viticis Fructus; Mentha canadensis L.; Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels; Ligusticum sinense 'Chuanxiong'; Coptis chinensis Franch.; Lycium chinense Mill.; Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim.; Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.; Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim.; Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.	Dispersing wind and clearing heat, reducing opacity and brightening the eyes. Used for external obstruction of the eyes due to wind-heat upheaval, blurred vision, hidden pain and tears.	[2]
Huang Lian Shang Qing Pian	Coptis chinensis Franch.; Gardenia jasminoides J. Ellis; Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl; Viticis Fructus; Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk.; Nepeta cataria L.; Angelica dahurica (Fisch. ex Hoffm.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Franch. & Sav.; Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi; Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.; Mentha canadensis L.; Rheum palmatum L.; Phellodendron chinense C. K. Schneid.; Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.; Ligusticum sinense 'Chuanxiong'; gypsum; Inula japonica Thunb.; Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.	Dispersing wind and clearing heat, relieving fire and pain. Used for dizziness and dizziness, violent fire eyes, tooth pain, sore mouth and tongue, sore throat, earache and tinnitus, constipation, short urine and red urine caused by wind-heat attack and heat in the lung and stomach.	[2]
Yi Qi Cong Ming Wan	Actaea cimicifuga L.; Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.; Phellodendron chinense C. K. Schneid.; Paeonia lactiflora Pall.; Viticis Fructus; Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf.; Astragalus membranaceus var. mongholicus (Bunge) P. K. Hsiao; Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.	Benefiting Qi, raising Yang, clearing the ears and brightening the eyes. For dimming of vision, deafness and tinnitus.	[2]
Ya Jiao Ha Dun San	Asparagus officinalis L.; Streptocaulon juventas (Lour.) Merr.; Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.; Tacca chantrieri André; Duhaldea cappa (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Anderb.; Viticis Fructus	Clearing heat and removing toxins, relieving pain and stopping bleeding. Used for cold and fever, laryngitis, pain in the chest and abdomen, palpitations of false labor, menstrual disorders, postpartum bleeding.	[2]
Zhang Yan Ming Pian	Acorus calamus L.; Senna tora (L.) Roxb.; Cistanche deserticola Ma; Pueraria montana var. lobata (Ohwi) Maesen & S. M. Almeida; Celosia argentea L.; Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf.; Viticis Fructus; Lycium chinense Mill.; Plantago asiatica L.; Paeonia lactiflora Pall.; Cornus officinalis Sieb. & Zucc.; Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.; Cuscuta chinensis Lam.; Actaea cimicifuga L.; Prinsepia uniflora Batalin; Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.; Buddleja officinalis Maxim.; Ligusticum sinense 'Chuanxiong'; Polygonatum sibiricum Redouté; Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch. ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.; Phellodendron chinense C. K. Schneid.; Astragalus membranaceus var. mongholicus (Bunge) P. K. Hsiao	Tonifying the liver and kidney, lightning cataracts and brightening the eyes. For dryness and discomfort, double vision in one eye, lumbar and knee weakness or mild loss of vision caused by deficiency of liver and kidney; for the above symptoms of cataract in early and middle age.	[2]