Table 1.
Frequency of commonly used herbs for Parkinson's disease.
| Scientific names* | Latin names | Chinese names in Pinyin | Frequency (%) (Total n = 1,764) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. 2. Glycyrrhiza inflata Batalin 3. Glycyrrhiza glabra L. |
Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma | Gan cao# | 1,252 (70.98) |
| Astragalus mongholicus Bunge | Astragali Radix | Huang qi# | 953 (54.02) |
| Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz. | Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma | Bai zhu# | 948 (53.74) |
| Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels | Angelicae Sinensis Radix | Dang gui# | 844 (47.85) |
| Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) DC. | Rehmanniae Radix | Di huang# | 753 (42.69) |
| Paeonia lactiflora Pall. | Paeoniae Radix Alba | Bai shao | 614 (34.81) |
| 1. Bupleurum chinense DC. 2. Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Willd. |
Bupleuri Radix | Chai hu | 564 (31.97) |
| Citrus aurantium L. | Aurantii Fructus | Zhi qiao/Zhi shi | 557 (31.58) |
| Panax ginseng C. A. Mey. | Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma | Ren shen# | 502 (28.46) |
| Citrus aurantium L. | Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium | Chen pi# | 501 (28.40) |
| Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf | Poria | Fu ling# | 480 (27.21) |
| 1. Codonopsis pilosula Nannf. 2. Codonopsis pilosula var. pilosula 3. Campanumoea pilosula Franch. |
Codonopsis Radix | Dang shen# | 474 (26.87) |
| 1. Rheum tanguticum Maxim. ex Balf. 2. Rheum palmatum L. 3. Rheum officinale Baill. |
Rhei Radix et Rhizoma | Da huang | 474 (26.87) |
| 1. Cimicifuga heracleifolia Kom. 2. Actaea heracleifolia (Kom.) |
Cimicifugae Rhizoma | Sheng ma | 458 (25.96) |
| Gastrodia elata Blume | Gastrodiae Rhizoma | Tian ma# | 445 (25.23) |
*Botanical names based on the World Flora Online (WFO) Plant List (https://wfoplantlist.org/ accessed November 6, 2023). #Dietary medicinal herb defined by the official catalog published by China's National Health Commission in 2020 (China National Health and Family Planning Commission, 2018; China National Health Commission, 2020).