Commonly-used Chinese Herbs
By admin on 2014-12-16

In Chinese herbology, there are 50 "fundamental herbs." Here is a collection of commonly used varieties.

Agastache rugosa- huò xiāng (藿香)

Alangium chinense- bā jiǎo fēng (八角枫)

Astragalus propinquus (syn. Astragalus membranaceus) - huáng qí (黄芪) or běi qí (北芪)

Camellia sinensis - chá shù (茶树) or chá yè (茶叶)

Cannabis sativa - dà má (大麻)

Carthamus tinctorius - hóng huā (红花)

Cinnamomum cassia - ròu gùi (肉桂)

Coptis chinensis - duǎn è huáng lián (短萼黄连)

Croton tiglium - bā dòu (巴豆)

Datura metel - yáng jīn huā (洋金花)

Datura stramonium (syn. Datura tatula) - zǐ huā màn tuó luó (紫花曼陀萝)

Dendrobium nobile - shí hú (石斛) or shí hú lán (石斛兰)

Dichroa febrifuga] - cháng shān (常山)

Ephedra sinica - cǎo má huáng (草麻黄)

Eucommia ulmoides - dù zhòng (杜仲)

Forsythia suspensa - liánqiào (连翘)

Gleditsia sinensis - zào jiá (皂荚)

Glycyrrhiza uralensis - gān cǎo (甘草)

Ilex purpurea - dōngqīng (冬青)

Leonurus japonicus - yì mǔ cǎo (益母草)

Ligusticum wallichii[18] - chuān xiōng (川芎)

Phellodendron amurense - huáng bǎi (黄柏)

Pseudolarix amabilis - jīn qián sōng (金钱松)

Psilopeganum sinense - shān má huáng (山麻黄)

Pueraria lobata - gé gēn (葛根)

Rauwolfia serpentina - shégēnmù (蛇根木), cóng shégēnmù (從蛇根木), or yìndù shé mù (印度蛇木)

Rheum officinale - yào yòng dà huáng (药用大黄)

Rhododendron tsinghaiense - Qīng hǎi dù juān (青海杜鹃)

Schisandra chinensis - wǔ wèi zi (五味子)

Scutellaria baicalensis - huáng qín (黄芩)

Stemona tuberosa - bǎi bù (百部)

Styphnolobium japonicum (formerly Sophora japonica) - huái (槐), huái shù (槐树), or huái huā (槐花)