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. 2021 Jul 1;12:680172. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.680172

TABLE 2.

Details of highly frequently used herbs for psoriasis in the CHM decoction, bath, and fumigation.

Chinese name Pharmaceutical name Species Family
CHM decoction
 Shengdi Radix rehmanniae preparata Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) DC. Orobanchaceae
 Mudanpi Cortex moutan Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. Paeoniaceae
 Chishao Radix peoniae rubra P. veitchii Lynch Paeoniaceae
 Danshen Radix salvia miltiorrhizae Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge Lamiaceae
 Tufuling Rhizoma smilacis glabrae Smilax glabra Roxb. Smilacaceae
 Jinyinhua Flos lonicerae Lonicera japonica Thunb. Caprifoliaceae
 Gancao Radix glycyrrhizae uralensis Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. Ex DC. Fabaceae
CHM bath
 Difuzi Fructus kochiae scopariae Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J.Scott Amaranthaceae
 Baixianpi Cortex dictamni Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz. Menispermaceae
 Kushen Radix sophorae flavescentis Sophora flavescens Ait. Fabaceae
 Danshen Radix salvia miltiorrhizae Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge Lamiaceae
 Danggui Radix angelicae sinensis Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels Apiaceae
 Tufuling Rhizoma smilacis glabrae Smilax glabra Roxb. Smilacaceae
 Huangbo Cortex phellodendri Phellodendron amurense Rupr. Rutaceae
CHM fumigation
 Kushen Radix sophorae flavescentis Sophora flavescens Ait. Fabaceae
 Baixianpi Cortex dictamni Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz. Menispermaceae
 Jinyinhua Flos lonicerae Lonicera japonica Thunb. Caprifoliaceae
 Shengdi Radix rehmanniae preparata Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) DC. Orobanchaceae
 Yejuhua Flos chrysanthemi indici Chrysanthemum indicum L. Asteraceae
 Danggui Radix angelicae sinensis Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels Apiaceae