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. 2017 Jul 24;12(7):e0181906. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181906

Table 4. Chinese herbs classification.

TCM Category Chinese herbs
Invigorating spleenand reinforcing qi(Jianpi Yiqi) Radix Glycyrrhizae preparata (Gan Cao) Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.)Nannf. (Dang Shen) Astragalus membranaceus (Huang Qi) Ziziphus jujuba Mill (Da Zao)
Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz (Bai Zhu) Dolichos lablab L (Bian Dou) Dioscorea opposita Thunb (Shan Yao) Panax quinquefolium L (Xi Yang Shen)
Atractylodes lancea (Thunb) DC (Cang Zhu) Hippophae rhamnoides L (Yi Tang)
Regulating qi (Li qi) Citrus reticulata Blanco (Chen Pi) Citrus aurantium L (Zhi Qiao) Aucklandia lappa Decne (Mu Xiang) Citrus aurantium L (Zhi Shi)
Cyperus rotundus L (Xiang Fu) Amomum villosum Lour (Sha Ren) Citrus medica L.Var. Sarcodactylis Swingle (Fo Shou) Corydalis yanhusuo W.T.Wang (Yan Hu Suo)
Cinnamomum cassia Presl (Gui Zhi) Curcuma wenyujin Y.H.Chen et C.Ling (Yu Jin) Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. (He Geng)
Relieving the depressed liver (Shugan Jieyu) Bupleurum chinensis DC (Chai Hu) Cyperus rotundus L (Xiang Fu) Citrus medica L.Var. Sarcodactylis Swingle (Fo Shou)
Promoting digestion and relieving stasis (Xiaoshi Huaji) Crataegus pinnatifida Bge.var.major N.E.Br. (Shan Zha) Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson (Ji Nei Jin)
Blood activiatingand stasis dissolving(Huoxue Huayu) Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort (Chuan Xiong) Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge (Dan Shen) Curcuma phaeocaulis Val (E Zhu) Aaugellica sinensis(Oliv) Diels (Dang Gui)
Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen (San Qi) Bletilla striata (Thunb.) Reichb.F (Bai Ji) Carthamus tinctorius L (Hong Hua) Prunus persica(L.) Batsch (Tao Ren)
Curcuma wenyujin Y.H.Chen et C.Ling (Yu Jin) Paeonia lactiflora Pall. (Chi Shao)
Resolving dampness (Chu shi) Pinellia ternata(Thunb) Breit (Ban Xia) Poria cocos (Schw.)Wolf (Fu Lin) Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC (Cang Zhu) Coix lacryma-jobi L.var.ma-yuen (Roman.) Stapf (Yi Yi Ren)
A.kravanh Pierre ex Gagnep. (Dou Kou)
Clearing away heat (Qing re) Coptis chinensis Franch (Huang Lian) Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz (Pu Gong Ying) Oldenlandia diffusa (willd.) Roxb. (Bai Hua She She Cao) Scutellaria barbataD.Don (Ban Zhi Lian)
Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch (Sheng Di Huang) Solanum nigrum L. (Long Kui) Lycium chinense Mil1. (Di Gu Pi) Lysimachia christinae Hance (Jin Qian Cao)
Warming middle-jiao to dispel cold (Wenzhong Sanhan) Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth. (Wu Zhu Yu) Zingiber officinale Rose (Sheng Jiang) Zingiber officinale Rosc. (Gan Jiang) Aconitum carmichaeli Debx (Fu Zi)
Angelica dahurica (Fisch.ex Hoffm.) Benth.et Hook.f. (Bai zhi)
Nourishing Yin (Zi yin) Cynanchum otophyllum (Bai Shao) Glehnia littoralis Fr. Schmidt ex Miq. (Sha Shen) Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.)Ker-Gawl. (Mai Dong) Panax quinquefolium L (Xi Yang Shen)
Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch. (Sheng Di Huang) Polygonatum odoratum (Yu Zhu) Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe. (Shi Hu)