TABLE 1.
Summaries of the scientific and common names of TCM ingredients.
| TCM scientific names | TCM common names |
|---|---|
| Lonicera japonica Thunb. | Japanese honeysuckle, golden-and-silver honeysuckle |
| Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi | Baikal skullcap, Chinese skullcap |
| Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl | Weeping forsythia, golden-bell |
| Pulvis Fellis Ursi | Bear bile |
| Cornu Saigae Tataricae | Antelope’s Horn |
| Artemisia argyi H.Lév. & Vaniot | Silvery wormwood or Chinese mugwort |
| Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz. | Dittany bark |
| Solanum melongena L. | Eggplant |
| Astragalus mongholicus Bunge | Mongolian milkvetch |
| Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels | Chinese angelica, Dang Gui |
| Artemisia annua L. | Sweet wormwood, sweet annie, annual wormwood |
| Reynoutria japonica Houtt. | Japanese knotweed |
| Houttuynia cordata Thunb. | Fish mint, fish leaf, rainbow plant, chameleon plant, heart leaf, fish wort, Chinese lizard tail |
| Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees | Creat, green chiretta, king of bitters |
| Prunus armeniaca L. | Apricot |
| Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F.H.Chen | Chinese ginseng, notoginseng |
| Areca catechu L. | Betelnut palm |
| Patrinia scabiosifolia Link | Patrinia, eastern valerian |
| Patrinia villosa Juss. | Patrinia |
| Fraxinus chinensis subsp. rhynchophylla (Hance) A.E.Murray | Chinese ash |
| Cullen corylifolium (L.) Medik | Babchi, Bakuchi |
| Viola mandshurica W.Becker | Manchurian Violet, sumire |
| Paeonia lactiflora pall. | Chinese peony |
| Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge | Red sage, Chinese sage, Tanshen, Danshen |
| Gleditsia sinensis Lam. | Chinese honey locust |
| Glycyrrhiza glabra L. | Liquorice, licorice |
| Pyrrosia petiolosa (Christ et Bar.) Ching | Tongue fern, Japanese felt fern |
| Zingiber striolatum Diels | Yang-he |
| Mentha canadensis L. | American wild mint |
| Paeonia × suffruticosa Andrews | Moutan peony |
| Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC. | Southern tsangshu |
| Phellodendron chinense C.K.Schneid | Chinese corktree |
| Monochasma savatieri Franch. ex Maxim. | Not applicable |
| Chimonanthus praecox (L.) Link | Wintersweet |
| Morus nigra L. | Black mulberry |
| Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. | Chinese snake gourd |
| Prunus mume (Siebold) Siebold & Zucc. | Chinese plum |
| Neolitsea cassia (L.) Kosterm | Grey bollywood |
| Sophora tonkinensis Gagnep. | Vietnamese sophora |
| Iphigenia indica (L.) A.Gray ex Kunth | Not applicable |
| Omphalia lapidescens Schroet | Omphalia, Leiwan, Thunder Ball |
| Fritillaria thunbergii Miq. | Zhejiang fritillary |
| Echinops latifolius Tausch | Not applicable |
| Panax quinquefolius L. | American ginseng |
| Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen (Rom.Caill.) Stapf | Not applicable |
| Ephedra sinica Stapf | Chinese ephedra |
| Gypsum Fibrosum | Gypsum |
| Pheretima | Earthworm |
| Arctium lappa L. | Greater burdock |
| Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl | Flixweed |
| Bovis Calculus Artifactus | Artificial ox bezoar |
| Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Makino | Crow-dipper |
| Ziziphus jujuba Mill. | Chinese jujube |
| Bupleurum chinense DC. | Chinese thoroughwax |
| Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. | Asian ginseng, Chinese ginseng, Korean ginseng |
| Glycyrrhiza glabra L. | Liquorice, licorice |
| Zingiber officinale Roscoe | Garden ginger |