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. 2017 Jun 5;14(4):297–319. doi: 10.21010/ajtcam.v14i4.33

Supplementary Table 3.

List of traditional Chinese herbs used in included studies

Pinyin Name Chinese Name Latin Name English Name
BaiHe 百合 Lilium brownii var. viridulum Greenish lily bulb
BaiHuaSheSheCao 白花蛇舌草 Hedyotis diffusa Spreng. Spreading hedyotis herb
BaiJi 白及 Bletilla striata (Thunb.) Rchb.f. Common bletilla tuber
BaiJiangCao 败酱草 Hlaspi arvense L Dahurian patrinia herb
BaiShao 白芍 Paeonia lactiflora Pall. White peony root
BaiZhu 白术 Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz Largehead atractylodes rhizome
BanXie 半夏 Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit. Ternate pinellia
BeiMu 贝母 Fritillaria cirrhosa D.Don Fritillaria
BeiShaShen 北沙参 Glehnia littoralis F.Schmidt ex Miq. Coastal glehnia root
BianDou 扁豆 Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet Dolichos lablab
CaoGuo 草果 Amomum tsao-ko Crevost & Lemarié Tsao-ko amomum fruit
ChaiHu 柴胡 Bupleurum chinense DC. Chinese thorowax root
ChenPi 陈皮 Clausena lansium (Lour.) Skeels Tangerine peel
ChiShao 赤芍 Paeonia anomala subsp. veitchii (Lynch) D.Y.Hong & K.Y.Pan Red peony root
ChuanXiong 川芎 Cortia striata (DC.) Leute Szechwan lovage rhizome
ChuanLianZi 川楝子 Melia toosendan Siebold & Zucc Szechwan chinaberry fruit
DaHuang 大黄 Rheum palmatum L. Rhubarb
DangGui 当归 Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels Chinese angelica
DangShen 党参 Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf. Codonopsis pilosula
DanShen 丹参 Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge Dan-shen root
DaZao 大枣 Ziziphus jujuba Mill Common jujube
DiHuang 地黄 Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaetn) Libosch. ex Fisch. et Mey Rehmannia root
DingXiangZhi 丁香枝 Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr.Et Perry Clovetree twig
E’Jiao 阿胶 Colla Corii Aaini Ass-hide gelatin
E’Zhu 莪术 Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe Rhizoma curcumae
FoShou 佛手 Citrus medica var. sarcodactylus (Siebold ex Hoola van Nooten) Swingle Finger citron fruit
FuLing 茯苓 Poria cocos Wolf [Fungi] Indian buead
GanCao 甘草 Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. Liquorice root
GanJiang 干姜 Zingiber officinale Roscoe Dried ginger
GaoLiangJiang 高良姜 Alpinia officinarum Hance Lesser galangal rhizome
GouQiZi 枸杞子 Lycium barbarum L. Barbury wolfberry fruit
GuaLou 瓜蒌 Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim Mongolian snakegourd fruit
GuiZhi 桂枝 Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J.Presl Cassiabarktree twig
HongHua 红花 Carthamus tinctorius L. Safflower
HouPu 厚朴 Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck Officinal magnolia bark
HuangJing 黄精 Polygonatum sibiricum F.Delaroche Siberian solomonseal rhizome
HuangLian 黄连 Coptis chinensis Franch. Chinese goldthread rhizome
HuangQi 黄芪 Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bunge Astragalus membranaceus
HuangQin 黄芩 Scutellaria Linn. Radix scutellariae
HuangYaoZi 黄药子 Dioscorea bulbifera L. Airpotato yam rhizome
HuoXiang 藿香 Agastache rugosa (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kuntze Agastache rugosus
JiangHuang 姜黄 Curcuma longa L. Turmeric rhizome
JiaoSanXian 焦三仙 Hordeum vulgare L Plus Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge Plus Massa Medicata Fermentata Stir-baking fructus hordei germinatus et crataegt et massa fer-mentata medicinalis
JiNeiJin 鸡内金 Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson Corium stomachichum galli
JinFeiCao 金沸草 Inula japonica Thunb. Inula flower
JuLuo 桔络 Citrus reticulata Blanco Tangerine pith
KuShen 苦参 Sophora flavescens Aiton Lightyellow sophora root
LianQiao 连翘 Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl Weeping forsythia fruit
LiChang 鳢肠 Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. Eclipta prostrata
LiYa 粟芽 Setaria italica (L.) P.Beauv. Foxtail millet sprout
MaiDong 麦冬 Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl. Dwarf lilyturf root tuber
MaiYa 麦芽 Hordeum vulgare L Malt
MoYao 没药 Commiphora myrrha (Nees) Engl. Myrrh
MoYuGu 墨鱼骨 Sepia esculenta Hoyle Cuttlebone
MuGua 木瓜 Chaenomeles chinensis (Dum.Cours.) Koehne Common floweringquine fruit
MuXiang 木香 Rosa banksiae R.Br. Costusroot
NanShaShen 南沙参 Adenophora tetraphylla (Thunb.) Fisch. Upright ladybell root
NvZhenZi 女贞子 Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton Glossy privet fruit
PaoShanJia 炮山甲 Squama Manis Parched pangolin scales
PeiLan 佩兰 Eupatorium fortunei Turcz. Eupatorium fortunei
PuGongYing 蒲公英 Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz. Mongolian dandelion herb
PuHuang 蒲黄 Typha angustifolia L. Cattail pollen
QingDai 青黛 Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek Indigo naturalis
RenShen 人参 Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Ginseng
RouDoukou 肉豆蔻 Myristica fragrans Houtt. Fructus amomi rotundus
RuXiang 乳香 Boswellia carteri Birdw. Frankincense
SanLeng 三棱 Sparganium stoloniferum (Buch.-Ham. ex Graebn.) Buch.-Ham. ex Juz Common burreed tuber
ShanYao 山药 Dioscorea oppositifolia L. Common yam rhizome
ShanZha 山楂 Crataegus scabrifolia (Franch.) Rehder Chinese hawthorn fruit
ShaRen 砂仁 Amomum villosum Lour. Villous amonmum fruit
ShengJiang 生姜 Zingiber officinale Roscoe Fresh ginger
ShengMa 升麻 Cimicifuga foetida L. Rhizoma cimicifugae
ShiHu 石斛 Dendrobium catenatum Lindl Noble dendrobium stem herb
ShouWuTeng 首乌藤 Fallopia multiflora (Thunb.) Harald Tuber fleeceflower stem and leaf
TaiYangHua 太阳花 Portulaca grandiflora Portulaca grandiflora
TaiZiShen 太子参 Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Miq.) Pax Pseudostellaria root
TanXiang 檀香 Gaultheria fragrantissima Wall Sandalwood
TaoRen 桃仁 Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach seed
Tianqi 田七 Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng (Burkill) G.Hoo & C.L.Tseng Pseudo-ginseng
TongHuaGen 通花根 Tetrapanax papyrifer (Hook.) K.Koch Ricepaperplant
WaLengZi 瓦楞子 Concha Arcae Arc shell
WuLingZhi 五灵脂 Faeces Trogopterpri Trogopterus dung
WuMei 乌梅 Prunus mume (Siebold) Siebold & Zucc. Smoked plum
WuYao 乌药 Lindera aggregata (Sims) Kosterm. Combined spicebush root
WuZao 乌枣 Diospyros lotus L. Smoked jujube
WuZhiMaoTao 五指毛桃 Ficus simplicissima Lour. Radix fici simplicissimae
WuZhuYu 吴茱萸 Tetradium ruticarpum (A.Juss.) T.G.Hartley Medicinal evodia immature fruit
XiangFu 香附 Cyperus rotundus L. Nutgrass galingale rhizome
XuanShen 玄参 Scrophularia oldhamii Oliv. Figwort root
YanHuSuo 延胡索 Corydalis yanhusuo Yanhusuo tuber
YiYiRen 薏苡仁 Coix lacryma-jobi L. Ma-yuen jobstears seed
YuZhu 玉竹 Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce Fragrant solomonseal rhizome
ZaoCi 皂刺 Gleditsia sinensis Lam. Spina gleditsiae
ZeXie 泽泻 Alisma plantago-aquatica L. Rhizoma alismatis
ZhiGanCao 炙甘草 Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. Prepared liquorice root
ZhiKe 枳壳 Citrus × aurantium L. Submature bitter orange
ZhuRu 竹茹 Sinocalamus beecheyanus (Munro) McClure Bamboo shavings
ZiSuGeng 紫苏梗 Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton Caulis perillae acutae