Plant species | Jianghua | Lingnan | |||
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Consistency in efficacy | Achyranthes aspera | Heat-clearing and detoxifying, rheumatism, nourishing, relieve pain | Whole plant | Clear heat and purge fire | Root |
Achyranthes bidentata | Nourishing | Root | Activate blood and remove blood stasis, nourish the liver and the kidney, strengthen bones and muscles, alleviate edema and relieve stranguria, conduct blood-fire to go downward | Root | |
Mahonia fortunei | Heat-clearing and detoxifying | Root, stem | Nourish yin and clear heat, warm lung and stop cough | Leaf | |
Lonicera confusa | Heat-clearing and detoxifying | Flower, stem, leaf | Clear heat and relieve toxicity, disperse wind | Flower, stem | |
Lonicera japonica | Heat-clearing and detoxifying, promote blood circulation | Stem | Clear heat and relieve toxicity, disperse wind | Flower, stem | |
Cirsium japonicum | Nourishing, gynaecopathia, promote blood circulation, stop bleeding, eliminating inflammation | Whole plant, root | Cool the blood and stop bleeding, eliminate toxic materials to treat carbuncle | Aerial part, root | |
Dendranthema morifolium | Heat-clearing and detoxifying, rheumatism, improve eyesight | Flower | Clear heat and relieve toxicity | Flower | |
Lophatherum gracile | Heat-clearing and detoxifying, relieve cough, induce diuresis | Root | Clear heat, sedative | Leaf, root | |
Juncus effusus | Heat-clearing and detoxifying, induce diuresis, respiratory disease, relieve cough | Spith | Clear away liver-heat and lower the fire | Pith | |
Prunella vulgaris | Improve eyesight, promote blood circulation | Fruit cluster, flower | Clear liver, purge fire, resolve knots, dissolve swelling, pacify liver and improve eyesight. | Whole plant | |
Gleditsia sinensis | Eliminate phlegm, induce diuresis | Pod, seed, shoot thorn | Relieve pathological heat and remove dampness through diuresis | Fruit | |
Anemarrhena asphodeloides | Promote digestion, gynaecopathia | Rhizome | Strengthen stomach and lung | Bulb | |
Ophiopogon japonicus | Nourishing | Tuber | Smooth lung and nourish yin | Root | |
Dendrobium nobile | Diabetes, improve eyesight, nourishing, promote digestion | Stem | Strengthen stomach and promote fluid production, nourish yin and clear heat | Stem | |
Plantago asiatica | Heat-clearing and detoxifying, induce diuresis, eliminating phlegm | Whole plant | Clear heat and dampness, induce diuresis | Whole plant, seed | |
Fagopyrum dibotrys | Heat-clearing and detoxifying, promote blood circulation, calculus | Root, rhizome | Clear heat and detoxifying | Rhizome | |
Artemisia argyi | Gynaecopathia | Whole plant | Stop bleeding, expel cold and alleviate pain by warming meridians | Aerial part | |
Inconsistency in efficacy | Fallopia multiflora | Nourishing | Tuber | Moisten intestines and relax bowls | Tuber |
Parthenocissus tricuspidata | Rheumatism, promote blood circulation | Root, stem, fruit | Clear away heat and promote dieresis | Root, stem | |
Acorus tatarinowii | Cold | Whole plant | Eliminate dampness and stimulate appetite, regain consciousness through dispelling phlegm, induce resuscitation and strengthen intelligence | Rhizome | |
Trachelospermum jasminoides | Rheumatism | Whole plant | Clear heat and relieve toxicity | Aerial part | |
Hypericum japonicum | Heat-clearing and detoxifying, promote blood circulation, promote digestion | Whole plant | Clear liver, promote diuresis to drain dampness and relieve dyspepsia | Whole plant | |
Leonurus artemisia | Heat-clearing and detoxifying | Whole plant | Activate blood and dispel stasis, induce dieresis and alleviate edema | Whole plant |