Table 1.

Different categories of Chinese tonic herbs.

Yang-invigorating	Qi-invigorating
Eucommiae Cortex	Schisandrae Frutus
Psoraleae Fructus	Ziziphi Fructus
Cistanches Herba	Astragali Radix
Cynomorii Herba	Codonopsis Radix
Epimedii Herba	Fici Radix
Dipsaci Radix	Ginseng Radix
Morindae Radix	Glycyrrhizae Radix
Cibotii Rhizoma	Pseudostellariae Radix
Drynariae Rhizoma	Quinquefolii Radix
Cuscutae Semen	Atractylodis Rhizoma
	Dioscoreae Rhizoma
Yin-nourishing	Bood-enriching
Ligustri Fructus	Lycii Fructus
Dendrobii Herba	Mori Fructus
Ecliptae Herba	Testa Dolichoris
Asparagi Radix	Loranthi Ramulus
Ophiopogonis Radix	Angelicae Radix
Oryzae Radix	Polygoni Radix
Polygonati Rhizoma	Rehmanniae Paraparata Radix
Prinsepiae Semen	Polygonati Rhizoma
	Sesami Semen