Table 1.

Radix Asteris prescriptions throughout the Chinese dynasties.

Title	Writer	Dynasty or Year	Characteristic and/or Indication	Dose
Shen-Nong-Ben-Cao-Jing	Many medical scientists in the Han Dynasty	Eastern Han Dynasty	It tastes bitter, is pungent and not toxic.	2.5–15 g
Ming-Yi-Bie-Lu	Hong-Jing Tao	Han Dynasty	It is pungent and non-toxic. It can treat asthma and pediatric epilepsy.	2.5–15 g
Wu-Pu-Ben-Cao	Pu Wu	Northern and Southern Dynasties	It is pungent and non-toxic.	2.5–15 g
Yao-Xing-Lun	Quan Zhen	Tang Dynasty	It is bitter in taste and flat in nature. Nourishes, treats heat deficiency	2.5–15 g
Qian-Jin-Yi-Fang	Si-Miao Sun	Tang Dynasty; 682 AD	It tastes bitter, is pungent and mild in nature, and is non-toxic. It can treat coughing, pus and blood, palpitations, asthma, and epilepsy in children.	2.5–15 g
Ri-Hua-Zi-Ben-Cao	Ri Hua Zi	Tang Dynasty	It can treat lung disease and vomiting of blood, reduce phlegm and quench thirst	2.5–15 g
Ben-Cao-Meng-Quan	Jia-Mo Chen	Ming Dynasty; 1565 AD	It tastes bitter and pungent, and is warm in nature. It mainly treats cough and asthma	2.5–15 g
Ben-Cao-Gang-Mu	Shi-Zhen Li	Ming Dynasty; 1578 AD	It tastes bitter, warm in nature, non-toxic, and mainly treats coughs	2.5–15 g
Jing-Yue-Quan-Shu	Jie-Bin Zhang	Ming Dynasty; 1624 AD	It is bitter and pungent, treats cough and asthma	2.5–15 g
Ben-Cao-Dong-Quan	Mu Shen	Qing Dynasty; 1661 AD	It tastes bitter, and is warm in nature, non-toxic, it regulates the spleen and stomach, relieves phlegm and relieves cough	2.5–15 g
Ben-Cao-Xiang-Jie	Yue Min	Qing Dynasty; 1681 AD	It tastes bitter and pungent, and mainly treats blood phlegm	2.5–15 g
Ben-Cao-Bei-Yao	Ang Wang	Qing Dynasty; 1694 AD	It is pungent and warm in nature, can nourish the lungs, mainly treats cough and blood in sputum	2.5–15 g
Ben-Cao-Bian-Du	Bing-Cheng Zhang	Qing Dynasty; 1887 AD	It is warm in nature and treats wind-cold cough	2.5–15 g