TABLE 4.

Formulations and preparations of H. pedunculosum seeds.

No	Name	Composition	Efficacy	Refs.
1	Sanwei Qiangwei powder	Rosa multiflora, Herpetospermum caudigerum, Terminalia chebula	Clear heat and remove toxins, promote bile flow, For the treatment of Tri-pa and gallbladder diseases	Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission (1995)
2	Jiuwei Zhangyacai pill	Swertia bimaculata, Herpetospermum caudigerum, Aconitum tanguticum, Ixeris polycephala, Berberis kansuensis, Lagotis Gaertn, Hypecoum erectum, Radix Aucklandiae, Chrysosplenium sinicum	Clear heat, anti-inflammatory, alleviates pain. For cholecystitis and incipient icteric hepatitis
3	Wuwei Jinse pill	Terminalia chebula, Herpetospermum caudigerum, semen punicae granati, faeces soris scrofae, Radix aucklandiae	Clear heat and promote bile flow, promote digestion. For the treatment of jaundice hepatitis, and gallbladder pain
4	Shiwei gaining pill	Carthami flos, Crocus sativus, Herpetospermum caudigerum, Meconopsis integrifolia, Dracocephalum tanguticum, Saxifraga stolonifera, Corydalis impatiens, Bear gallbladder, Calculus bovis, Brag-zhun, Calciosinti, and Turquoisis	It is used to treat fatty liver, viral hepatitis, liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and other liver injuries	Feng et al. (2018b)
5	Qiwei hezi powder	Terminalia chebula, Herpetospermum caudigerum, Bombax ceiba, Amomum tsaoko Crevost, Syzygium aromaticum, Nardostachys chinensis, Piper longum	Clear heat and relieve pain. It is used for spleen enlargement, pain and spleen heat caused by strain injury	Yuandan and Song (1987)
6	Songshi pill	Songshi, Borneol, Syzygium aromaticum, Santalum album, Pulvis fellis ursi, Forest musk abelmosk, Herpetospermum caudigerum	Clear heat and remove toxins, soothe liver. It is used to treat liver pain, cirrhosis, hepatitis and cholecystitis	Xu et al. (2023)
7	Shiwei heibingpian powder	Borneol, Pomegranate seed, Cinnamomum cassia, Myristica fragrans, Piper longum、Terminalia chebula、Light halititum, Herpetospermum caudigerum、Holarrhena antidysenteriaca, Pulvis fellis ursi	It is used to treat nausea, cholecystitis, gallstones, and jaundice	Cang and De (2020)