Table 1 List of medicinal herbs
Herbs No. | Plant name | Family name | Chinese name | Herb part used | Medicinal use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H1 | Baccharis genistelloides (Lam.) Pers. | Asteraceae | Zhong jie feng | leaf | Gastritis, indigestion, heartburn, gallbladder stones, constipation, jaundice, diabetes, urinary tract infections (UTI), spleen dysfunction, liver disorders, fever and worms.1 |
H2 | Physalis alkekengi L. | Solanaceae | Jin Deng Long | fruit | Sore throat and hoarseness of voice; cough with yellow sticky sputum; dysuria; external use for pemphigus and eczema.2 |
H3 | Taraxacum mongolicum Hand-Mazz. | Compositae | Pu Gong Ying | leaf, flower and stems | Boils and sores, mastitis lymphadenitis, inflammation of eyes, sore throat, lung abscess, appendicitis, jaundice caused by damp-heat, urinary infection with difficult painful urination.2 |
H4 | Lasiosphaera fenzlii Reich | Lycoperdaceae | Ma Bo | fungus | Sore throat, cough and hoarseness caused by wind-heat in the lung; epistaxis and traumatic bleeding in external application.2 |
H5 | Belamcanda chinensis L. | Iridaceae | She Gan | root | Sore throat, cough and dyspnoea with expectoration of copious phlegm due to accumulation of toxic heat, phlegm and fire.2 |
H6 | Tinospora capilipes Gagnep. | Menispermaceae | Jin Guo Lan | root | Swelling and pain of the throat, carbuncles and boils; diarrhoea, dysentery; epigastric hot pain.2 |
H7 | Artemisia argyi Levl. & Vant. | Compositae | Ai Ye | leaf | Cold pain in the lower abdomen; menstrual disorders caused by cold; infertility; spitting of blood, epitasis, uterine bleeding in pregnancy, excessive menstrual flow or prolonged menstruation; external use for itching.2 |
H8 | Morus alba L. | Moraceae | Sang Ye | leaf | Common cold due to -wind-heat, dry cough due to heat in the lung dizziness, headache, inflammation of the eye, blurred vision.2 |
H9 | Prunella vulgaris L. | Labiatae | Xia Ku Cao | fruit-spike | Inflammation of the eyes, ophthalmalgia at night, headache and dizziness; scrofula, goitre, mastitis with swelling and pain, hyperplasia of breast; hypertension.2 |
H10 | Lophatherum gracile Brongn | Gramineae | Dan Zhu Ye | leaf | Restlessness and thirst in febrile diseases, ulcers of the tongue and the mouth, swelling and pain of gingiva, pharyngolaryngitis, oliguria, phlegmonosis and odynuria, dysuria with dark urine, and painful urination.2 |
H11 | Cordyceps militaris L. | Clavicipitaceae | Dong Chong Xia Cao | fungus | Chronic cough and asthma; haemoptysis in phthisis; impotence and seminal emission with aching of loins and knees.2 |
H12 | Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi. | Labiatae | Huang Qin | root | Oppressed feeling in the chest, nausea and vomiting in epidemic febrile diseases caused by damp-heat or summer-heat; feeling of stuffiness in the abdomen, acute dysentery or jaundice caused by damp-heat; cough due to heat in the lung; high fever with dire thirst; spitting of blood and epitasis due to heat in blood; carbuncles and sores; threatened abortion.2 |
H13 | Platycodon grandiflora (Jacq.) A.DC. | Campanulaceae | Jie Geng | root | Cough with much phlegm, sore throat, hoarseness; pulmonary abscesses with pus running abscess difficult to burst after suppuration.2 |
H14 | Epimedium brevicornum Maxim | Berberidaceae | Yin Yang Huo | leaf | Impotence, seminal emission, weakness of the limbs; rheumatic or rheumatoid arthralgia with numbness and muscle contracture; climacteric hypertension.2 |
H15 | Conyza Bonariensis (L.) Cronquist | Asteraceae | whole plant | Diuretic.1 |