Table 1.

Anticancer uses in Chinese classical pharmaceutical books.

Gallnuts	Book	Medical uses	Dynasty	Year of publication	References
Galla Turcica	Tang Materia Medica	Diarrhea	Tang	659 AD	[9]
Galla Chinensis	Chinese Materia Medica Gleanings	Intestinal dysfunction, diarrhea	Tang	741 AD	[10]
Galla Turcica	Kai Bao Materia Medica	Ulcer, chancre, night sweats	Song	974 AD	[11]
Galla Turcica	Drug Properties	Uroclepsia	Tang	-	[12]
Galla Turcica	Oversea Materia Medica	Diarrhea, toxins	Tang	-	[13]
Galla Chinensis	Ri Hua Zi Materia Medica	Toxins	Song	-	[14]
Galla Chinensis	Kai Bao Ben Cao	Ulcer, haemorrhoids, chancre	Song	974 AD	[11]
Galla Chinensis	Commentaries on the Illustrations	Body fluid deficiency	Song	1061 AD	[15]
Galla Chinensis	Amplification on Materia Medica	Aphtha	Song	1116 AD	[16]
Galla Chinensis	Amplification on Materia Medica Addendum	Obstinate phlegm, heat	Yuan	-	[17]
Galla Chinensis	Materia Medica Meng Quan	Analgesic	Ming	1565	[18]
Galla Chinensis	Compendium of materia medica	Heat, toxins, phlegm, cough, wasting-thirst, night sweats, emesia, hemorrhage, analgesic, diarrhea, ulcer, chancre	Ming	1578	[19]
Galla Turcica	Fresh Chinese Materia Medica	Diarrhea, uroclepsia	Qing	1757	[20]
Galla Chinensis	Truth Chinese Materia Medica	Heat, phlegm, cough, diarrhea, haemorrhoids	Qing	1769	[21]
Galla Turcica	Truth Chinese Materia Medica	Heat, ulcer, diarrhea	Qing	1769	[21]