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The fungal flora of China is extensive with over 27,000 fungal species. As of 2018, China has reported 1789 edible fungi and 798 medicinal fungi. Notably, fungi played a vital part of China's traditional native plant use, with recent archaeology findings determining its significance in regions of China around 6000 years ago and dating as far back as the Tang dynasty (600–900 ce).
Pilea peperomioides (/ p aɪ ˈ l iː ə p ɛ p ə ˌ r oʊ m i ˈ ɔɪ d iː z / [1]), the Chinese money plant, [2] UFO plant, pancake plant, lefse plant or missionary plant, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to Yunnan and Sichuan provinces in southern China.
Dioscorea polystachya or Chinese yam (simplified Chinese: 山药; traditional Chinese: 山藥), also called cinnamon-vine, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the yam family. It is sometimes called Chinese potato or by its Korean name ma. [3] [2] It is also called huaishan in Mandarin and wàaih sāan in Cantonese.
Chinese herbology is a pseudoscientific practice with potentially unreliable product quality, safety hazards or misleading health advice. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] [ 67 ] There are regulatory bodies, such as China GMP (Good Manufacturing Process) of herbal products. [ 68 ]
Pages in category "Plants used in traditional Chinese medicine" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 202 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The wild ginseng plant is almost extinct in China and endangered globally. [12] This is due to high demand for the product in recent years, leading to the harvesting of wild plants faster than they can grow and reproduce (a wild ginseng plant can take years to reach maturity [13]). Wild ginseng can be processed to be red or white ginseng. [14]
Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. China is within the larger region of temperate Asia. For the purposes of this category, "China" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. That is, the geographic region is defined as including the following ...
Pseudocydonia sinensis or Chinese quince (Chinese: 木瓜; pinyin: mùguā) is a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree in the family Rosaceae, native to southern and eastern China. It is the sole species in the genus Pseudocydonia. [1] Its hard, astringent fruit is used in traditional Chinese medicine [2] and as a food in East Asia. Trees are ...