Table 2.
The 26 Chinese herbals screened and the possible time for usage.
| No. | Herbal name |
Number* | Classic catalogue |
Time to use | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latin | Chinese | Latin/English | Chinese | |||
| 1 | Forsythiae fructus | 连翘 | 3 | Antipyretic detoxifying | 清热解毒药 | Full course |
| 2 | Licorice | 甘草 | 3 | Qi-reinforcing | 补气药 | Full course |
| 3 | Mori cortex | 桑白皮 | 3 | Antitussive antiasthmatics | 止咳平喘药 | Full course |
| 4 | Chrysanthemi flos | 菊花 | 2 | Pungent cool diaphoretics | 辛凉解表药 | Full course |
| 5 | Farfarae flos | 款冬花 | 2 | Antitussive antiasthmatics | 止咳平喘药 | Full course |
| 6 | Lonicerae japonicae flos | 金银花 | 2 | Antipyretic-detoxifying drugs | 清热解毒药 | Full course |
| 7 | Mori follum | 桑叶 | 2 | Pungent cool diaphoretics | 辛凉解表药 | Full course |
| 8 | Peucedani radix | 前胡 | 2 | Phlegm-resolving medicine | 化痰药 | Full course |
| 9 | Rhizoma fagopyri cymosi | 金荞麦 | 2 | Antipyretic detoxifying | 清热解毒药 | Full course |
| 10 | Tamaricis cacumen | 西河柳 | 3 | Pungent-warm exterior-releasing medicine | 辛温解表药 | Early |
| 11 | Erigeron breviscapus | 灯盏细辛 | 2 | Pungent-warm exterior-releasing medicine | 辛温解表药 | Early |
| 12 | Radix bupleuri | 柴胡 | 2 | Pungent cool diaphoretics | 辛凉解表药 | Early |
| 13 | Coptidis rhizoma | 黄连 | 2 | Heat-clearing and dampness drying medicine | 清热燥湿药 | Middle |
| 14 | Houttuyniae herba | 鱼腥草 | 2 | Antipyretic-detoxifying | 清热解毒药 | Middle |
| 15 | Hoveniae dulcis semen | 枳椇子 | 2 | Antipyretic-detoxifying | 清热解毒药 | Middle |
| 16 | Inulae flos | 旋覆花 | 2 | Phlegm resolving medicine | 化痰药 | Middle |
| 17 | Eriobotryae folium | 枇杷叶 | 3 | Antitussive antiasthmatics | 止咳平喘药 | Middle and later |
| 18 | Hedysarum multijugum maxim. | 黄芪 | 3 | Qi-reinforcing | 补气药 | Middle and later |
| 19 | Lepidii semen descurainiae semen | 葶苈子 | 3 | Antitussive antiasthmatics | 止咳平喘药 | Middle and later |
| 20 | Ardisiae japonicae herba | 矮地茶 | 2 | Antitussive antiasthmatics | 止咳平喘药 | Middle and later |
| 21 | Asteris radix et rhizoma | 紫菀 | 2 | Antitussive antiasthmatics | 止咳平喘药 | Middle and later |
| 22 | Euphorbiae helioscopiae herba | 泽漆 | 2 | Diuretic dampness-excreting | 利水渗湿药 | Middle and later |
| 23 | Ginkgo semen | 白果 | 2 | Antitussive antiasthmatics | 止咳平喘药 | Middle and later |
| 24 | Anemarrhenae rhizoma | 知母 | 3 | Fire-purging | 清热泻火药 | Later |
| 25 | Epimrdii herba | 淫羊藿 | 2 | Yang-reinforcing | 补阳药 | Later |
| 26 | Fortunes bossfern rhizome | 贯众 | 2 | Warming interior | 温里药 | Prevention |
*
The number of antiviral natural compounds contained in the plant.