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The following is a list of traditional Chinese medicines. There are roughly 13,000 medicinals used in China and over 100,000 medicinal prescriptions recorded in the ancient literature. [ 1 ] Plant elements and extracts are the most common elements used in medicines. [ 2 ]
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. (previous page) *
An illustrative summary of commonly-used Envoy Herbs (Guiding Herbs) in Traditional Chinese Medicine This feudal-like hierarchy denotes the power and role of each herb in a given formula. [ 94 ] [ 95 ] The Jun is the herb which is usually of the highest relative dosage, and leads the main action of the formula.
The Bencao gangmu, known in English as the Compendium of Materia Medica or Great Pharmacopoeia, [1] is an encyclopedic gathering of medicine, natural history, and Chinese herbology compiled and edited by Li Shizhen and published in the late 16th century, during the Ming dynasty.
Chinese Herbal Medicine; Chinese Herbal Medicine; Chinese Medicine Ordinance, Chapter 549, Schedule 2 (Hong Kong) Chinese Medicine Formulae Images Database School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University. (in English and Chinese) Chinese Medicinal Material Images Database School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University. (in ...
The plant is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of insomnia and anxiety, despite serious safety concerns. [118] A 2006 study suggested medicinal potential. [119] Plantago lanceolata: Plantain It is used frequently in herbal teas and other herbal remedies. [120] A tea from the leaves is used as a highly effective cough medicine.
Chinese herbal medicine has been a major cause of acute liver failure in China. [214] The harvesting of guano from bat caves (yemingsha) brings workers into close contact with these animals, increasing the risk of zoonosis. [215] The Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli has identified dozens of SARS-like coronaviruses in samples of bat droppings. [216]
The following list are the kampo medicines produced by Tsumura. Many kampo medicines were borrowed from China. The Chinese name for the formula the kampo medicine is based on is listed below. However, the formula usually doesn't completely match the original Chinese formula. Often the proportions of the herbs were changed slightly.