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Commonly-used Chinese Herbs
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)
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