Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.11-03-2021

Phytomedical use in China

Diseases & Uses

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in China

Plant Names

English

Latin
Acute common perillaPerilla frutescens var. acuta
AgarwoodAquilaria malaccensis
Air potatoDioscorea bulbifera
American glehniaGlehnia littoralis
American pokeweedPhytolacca americana
American wild mintMentha canadensis
Amur cork treePhellodendron amurense
AnemarrheaAnemarrhena asphodeloides
Angel's trumpetDatura metel
Angular solomon's sealPolygonatum odoratum
Ansu apricotPrunus armeniaca
Antifebrile dichroaHydrangea febrifuga
Areca palmAreca catechu
AristolochiaAristolochia debilis
Artemisia anomalaArtemisia anomala
AtractylodesAtractylodes macrocephala
BabchiCullen corylifolium
Bai tou wengPulsatilla chinensis
Bai weiVincetoxicum atratum
Baikal skullcapScutellaria baicalensis
Balloon flowerPlatycodon grandiflorus
Barbed skullcapScutellaria barbata
Bastard cinnamonCinnamomum aromaticum
Beach cockleburXanthium strumarium subsp. strumarium
Bean hyacinthLablab purpureus subsp. purpureus
Bei chai huBupleurum chinense
BistortBistorta officinalis
Bitter orangeCitrus x aurantium
Black cardamonAlpinia oxyphylla
Black pepperPiper nigrum
Broad-leaf privetLigustrum lucidum
Broad-leaved globe-thistleEchinops davuricus
Buerger's figwortScrophularia buergeriana
BugbaneActaea heracleifolia
BugbaneActaea cimicifuga
BugleweedLycopus lucidus
Cape jasminGardenia jasminoides
Capillary wormwoodArtemisia capillaris
CardamomElettaria cardamomum
CassiaNeolitsea cassia
Castor oil plantRicinus communis
Cat's clawUncaria rhynchophylla
Cherokee roseRosa laevigata
Chinese asparagusAsparagus cochinchinensis
Chinese box-thornLycium chinense
Chinese catnipNepeta tenuifolia
Chinese clematisClematis chinensis
Chinese cork treePhellodendron chinense
Chinese dodderCuscuta chinensis
Chinese eagelwoodAquilaria sinensis
Chinese ephedraEphedra sinica
Chinese foxgloveRehmannia glutinosa
Chinese goldthreadCoptis chinensis
Chinese honeysuckleCombretum indicum
Chinese liquoriceGlycyrrhiza uralensis
Chinese lobeliaLobelia chinensis
Chinese lovageConioselinum anthriscoides
Chinese mallowMalva verticillata
Chinese morindaGynochthodes officinalis
Chinese motherwortLeonurus japonicus
Chinese peonyPaeonia lactiflora
Chinese plantainPlantago asiatica
Chinese potatoDioscorea polystachya
Chinese potatoDioscorea oppositifolia
Chinese quinceChaenomeles lagenaria
Chinese rain bellStrobilanthes cusia
Chinese red sageSalvia miltiorrhiza
Chinese sennaSenna obtusifolia
Chinese sweet gumLiquidambar formosana
Chinese thujaPlatycladus orientalis
Chinese violetViola philippica
Chinese wolfberryLycium barbarum
Chocolate vineAkebia
Climbing fernLygodium japonicum
Cluster cardamonWurfbainia vera
CockscombCelosia argentea
Common cephalanoplosCirsium arvense var. integrifolium
Common hog-fennelAngelica decursiva
Common lophaterumLophatherum gracile
Common morning gloryIpomoea purpurea
Common st. paul's wortSigesbeckia orientalis
Confederate jasmineTrachelospermum jasminoides
CorydalisCorydalis yanhusuo
Dahurian angelicaAngelica dahurica
Dahurian patriniaPatrinia scabiosifolia
David's peachPrunus davidiana
Depressed plantainPlantago depressa
Divaricate laserwortSaposhnikovia divaricata
Downy tree of heavenAilanthus altissima
Du zhongEucommia ulmoides
Dwarf lily-turfOphiopogon japonicus
East asian arrowrootPueraria montana var. lobata
East asian mountain yamDioscorea japonica
Easter lilyLilium
EcliptaEclipta prostrata
EphedraEphedra equisetina
EuodiaTetradium ruticarpum
European common reedPhragmites australis subsp. australis
Evergreen linderaLindera aggregata
Fainbow pinkDianthus chinensis
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
Five-flavor berrySchisandra chinensis
Five-leaved chaste treeVitex negundo
Florist's daisyChrysanthemum x morifolium
Fringed pinkDianthus superbus
GacMomordica cochinchinensis
Garden balsamImpatiens balsamina
GastrodiaGastrodia elata
GingerZingiber officinale
GinsengPanax ginseng
Grass-leaf calamusAcorus gramineus
Great burnetSanguisorba officinalis
Greater burdockArctium lappa
Green chiraytaAndrographis paniculata
Green dragonsPinellia pedatisecta
Gromwell-readCoix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen
Gum benjamin treeStyrax benzoin
Gutta perchaPalaquium gutta
Hairy agrimonyAgrimonia pilosa
HenbaneHyoscyamus niger
Houpu magnoliaMagnolia officinalis
Huang jingPolygonatum sibiricum
Hyacinth orchidBletilla striata
Indian patchouliPogostemon cablin
Indian pokePhytolacca acinosa
Japanese cornelCornus officinalis
Japanese honeysuckleLonicera japonica
Japanese peppervineAmpelopsis japonica
JujubeZiziphus jujuba
Korean mintAgastache rugosa
Kusnezoff monkshoodAconitum kusnezoffii
Lanceolate starwortStellaria dichotoma var. lanceolata
Leather flowerClematis mandshurica
Leopard lilyIris domestica
Lesser bulrushTypha angustifolia
Lesser galangalAlpinia officinarum
Lily treeMagnolia denudata
LiquoriceGlycyrrhiza glabra
LoquatEriobotrya japonica
Macassar kernelsBrucea javanica
Maidenhair treeGinkgo biloba
Mongolian dandelionTaraxacum mongolicum
Mongolian milk-vetchAstragalus mongholicus
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
NecatrinePrunus persica
Ning-po figwortScrophularia ningpoensis
Noble dendrobiumDendrobium nobile
Northern pipevineAristolochia contorta
OldenlandiaScleromitrion diffusum
Orange daylilyHemerocallis fulva
Orange magnolia vineSchisandra sphenanthera
Oriental water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica subsp. orientale
Ovate-leaf atractylodesAtractylodes lancea
Ox kneeAchyranthes bidentata
Pagoda treeStyphnolobium japonicum
Peking spurgeEuphorbia pekinensis
PeppercressLepidium apetalum
Persian silk treeAlbizia julibrissin
Picotee morning gloryIpomoea nil
PlantainPlantago major
PomegranatePunica granatum
Poor man's ginsengCodonopsis pilosula
Purging crotonCroton tiglium
Rice paper plantTetrapanax papyrifer
SafflowerCarthamus tinctorius
Sagittate epimediumEpimedium sagittatum
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Sha shenAdenophora stricta
Shrubby sophoraSophora flavescens
SiegesbeckiaSigesbeckia pubescens
Silvery wormwoodArtemisia argyi
Six-petalled clematisClematis hexapetala
Solomon's sealPolygonatum kingianum
Spiny chinese dateZiziphus jujuba var. spinosa
Sweet wormwoodArtemisia annua
SyringaMelia azedarach
ToraSenna tora
Tuber fleeceflowerReynoutria multiflora
TurmericCurcuma longa
Weeping forsythiaForsythia suspensa
White mulberryMorus alba
White mustardSinapis alba
Xing an sheng maActaea dahurica
Yellow myrobalanTerminalia chebula
Zhong ma huangEphedra intermedia

Source: LiberHerbarum/Sn3311
Copyright Erik Gotfredsen