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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?
 
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?
 
Datura stramonium (syn. Datura tatula) - zǐ huā màn tuó luó (紫花曼陀?
 
Dendrobium nobile - shí hú (石斛) or shí hú lán (石斛?
 
Dichroa febrifuga] - cháng shān (常山)
 
Ephedra sinica - cǎo má huáng (草麻?
 
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?
 
Ligusticum wallichii[18] - chuān xiōng (川芎)
 
Phellodendron amurense - huáng bǎi (黄柏)
 
Pseudolarix amabilis - jīn qián sōng (金钱?
 
Psilopeganum sinense - shān má huáng (山麻?
 
Pueraria lobata - gé gēn (葛根)
 
Rauwolfia serpentina - shégēnmù (蛇根?, 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?
 
Scutellaria baicalensis - huáng qín (黄芩)
 
Stemona tuberosa - bǎi bù (百部)
 
Styphnolobium japonicum (formerly Sophora japonica) - huái (?, huái shù (槐树), or huái huā (槐花)