Table 2.

Chinese ethnomedicinal species with no less than 10 categories of therapeutic efficacy.

Species	No. of therapeutic categories
Ranunculaceae: Aconitum carmichaelili	13
Aconitum flavum	10
Aconitum kusnezoffii	10
Aconitum naviculare	11
Aconitum scaposum	13
Anemone hupehensis	10
Anemone rivularis	12
Anemone rivularis var. flore-minore	10
Anemone vitifolia	11
Clematis armandii	12
Clematis chinensis	12
Clematis hexapetala	12
Clematis manshurica	12
Coptis chinensis	12
Coptis chinensis var. brevisepala	12
Coptis deltoidea	12
Coptis omeiensis	12
Coptis quinquesecta	12
Coptis teeta	12
Nigella glandulifera	10
Nigella glandulifera	10
Ranunculus japonicus	10
Semiaquilegia adoxoides	12
Thalictrum acutifolium	10
Thalictrum alpinum var. elatum	12
Thalictrum cultratum	11
Thalictrum delavayi	11
Thalictrum foliolosum	11
Thalictrum ramosum	11
Thalictrum reticulatum	11
Thalictrum trichopus	11
Berberidaceae: Berberis amurensis	12
Berberis dasystachya	10
Berberis diaphana	12
Berberis heteropoda	10
Berberis jamesiana	10
Berberis julianae	11
Berberis poiretii	13
Berberis pruinose	10
Berberis vernae	13
Berberis vulgaris	11
Berberis wilsoniae	12
Epimedium acuminatum	10
Epimedium sagittatum	10
Mahonia bealei	14
Mahonia eurybracteata	15
Mahonia fortune	14
Mahonia gracilipes	14
Menispermaceae: Arcangelisia gusanlung	11
Cyclea hypoglauca	10
Stephania cepharantha	11
Stephania hernandiifolia	10
Stephania kuinanensis	10
Stephania kwangsiensis	11
Stephania kwangsiensis	11
Stephania micrantha	10
Stephania tetrandra	10
Tinospora capillipes	13
Tinospora crispa	10
Tinospora sagittate	13
Tinospora sinensis	13
Lardizabalaceae: Akebia trifoliata	10
Akebia trifoliata var. australis	11
Sargentodoxa cuneata	10
Papaveraceae: Corydalis edulis	10
Eomecon chionantha	10
Macleaya cordata	10
Macleaya microcarpa	10