From: A comparative study on shared-use medicines in Tibetan and Chinese medicine
No. | Family | Scientific name | Chinese name | Parts used in TCM | Parts used in TM | Uses in TCM | Uses in TM | Parts used | Disease groups treated in TCM | Disease groups treated in TM |
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1 | Aristolochiaceae | Aristolochia debilis Sieb. et Zucc* | 马兜铃* | Root | Aerial parts | Indications: dyspnea asthma, cough and bloody sputum due to heat in the lung; bleeding, and swollen and painful hemorrhoids due to heat in the large intestine [10] | Indications: blood disease, clung disease, liver disease, foorgan disease, badkan diseases, plague disease [15] | D | Respiratory and digestive disorders | Respiratory and digestive disorders |
2 | Cervidae | Cervus elaphus Linnaeus | 马鹿 | Antler | Antler and testis | Indications: impotence, emission, carbuncle, sores, and swelling [10] | Indications: vertigo, impotence, flaccid limbs, deafness, and metrorrhagia [15] | B | Reproductive and locomotor system ailments | Reproductive and urinary system disorders |
3 | Cervidae | Cervus nippon Temminck | 梅花鹿 | Antler | Antler and testis | Indications: impotence, emission, carbuncle, sores, and swelling [10] | Indications: vertigo, impotence, flaccid limbs, and deafness, metrorrhagia [15] | B | Reproductive and locomotor system ailments | Reproductive and urinary system disorders |
4 | Asteraceae | Inula racemosa J. D. Hooker * | 土木香* | Roots | Roots | Indications: distending pain in the chest, hypochondria and epigastrium, vomiting and diarrhea; bruise or sudden sprain of the cheat with pain during breathing; abortion threat [10] | To remove heat from blood [12] | A | Digestive disorders | Immune system ailments and digestive disorders |
5 | Asteraceae | Dolomiaea souliei (Franchet) C. Shih | 川木香 | Roots | Roots | Indications: abdominal distension, gurgling sound, and diarrhea [10] | Indications: loss of appetite, gastric ulcer, abdominal distension, and rheumatism [15] | A | Digestive disorders | Digestive disorders |
6 | Crassulaceae | Rhodiola crenulata(Hook. f. et Thoms. )H. Ohba * | 大花红景天* | Roots and rhizome | Roots and rhizome | Indications: constriction in the chest with heart pain, apoplexy, lassitude, and asthma [10] | Indications: nausea, vomiting, cyanosis on the lips and palm due to climatic sickness; loss of strength, chest distress, insomnia and dream-disturbed sleep, and also used for tuberculosis [14] | A | Digestive and nervous system ailments | Digestive, and nervous system ailments |
7 | Brassicaceae | Raphanus sativus L. | 萝卜 | Aerial parts | Roots | To promote digestion and stop thirst, remove heat, and counteract toxicity. | Indications: masses in the abdomen, obstinate phlegm, dyspepsia due to stomach cold, eye disease, consumptive thirst, constipation, and influenza [16] | D | Digestive disorders | Digestive disorders |
8 | Fabaceae | Medicago ruthenica (L.) Trautv. | 花苜蓿 | Seed | Whole plant | To remove toxic-heat, relieve cough, and arrest bleeding [9] | Indications: boils and measles, cough due to heat in the lung [7]. External use to eliminate inflammation and arrest bleeding [8] | B | Respiratory disorders | Respiratory disorders |
9 | Liliaceae | Allium sativum L. | 大蒜 | Bulb | Bulb | Indications: carbuncle, furuncles, skin disease, phthisis, cough, diarrhea, and dysentery [10] | Indications: carbuncle toxin, skin diseases, cold, hemorrhoids, urinary retention, and leprosy [14] | A | Respiratory disorders | Urinary , respiratory and digestive disorders |
10 | Malvaceae | Malva crispa Linn. * | 冬葵* | Roots, stem, seed, and leaf | Flower and fruits | Indications: enuresis, edema, thirst, and urinary infection with oliguria [10] | Indications: anuresis, gonorrhea, edema, thirst, and seminal emission [7] | D | Urinary system disorders | Urinary, reproductive system disorders |
11 | Myristicaceae | Myristica fragrans Houtt.* | 肉豆蔻* | Kernel | Kernel | Indications: deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach with persistent diarrhea, epigastric and abdominal distension and pain, anorexia, and vomiting [10] | Indications: rheumatic heart disease, abdominal pain due to cold in the stomach, dyspepsia, feeling of anxiety in the qi deficiency syndrome, and epidemic febrile disease [16] | A | Digestive disorders | Circulatory system disorders |
12 | Myrtaceae | Ewgewia caryophyllata Thunb.* | 丁香 * | Flower bud | Flower bud | Indications: hiccup, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain with cold sensation [10] | Indications: hiccup, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain with cold sensation, and impotence [8] | A | Digestive disorders | Digestive disorders |
13 | Pedaliaceae | Sesamum indicum L. | 胡麻《藏标》 | Seed | Seed | To replenish the liver and kidney, tonify blood, moisten intestines, and promote lactation [10] | Indications: wind syndrome of head and dizziness due to yin deficiency of the liver and kidney, constipation in deficiency syndrome [8] | A | Reproductive and nervous system ailments and digestive disorders | Reproductive and nervous system ailments and digestive disorders |
14 | Sciuridae | Trogopterus xanthipes | 复齿鼯鼠 | Dry excrement | Excrement, meat | To activate blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, and arrest bleeding [10] | Excrement: promote the flow of blood and dredge the meridians, eliminate blood stasis and pain, use for stomach pain, dysmenorrhea, and amenorrhea; meat: gynecological diseases, and oxytocin, contraception [16] | B | Digestive, reproductive and locomotor system ailments | Digestive, reproductive system disorders |
15 | Piperaceae | Piper nigrum L.* | 胡椒* | Fruit | Fruit | Indications: vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and loss of appetite due to cold in the stomach; inappetence, and epilepsy with profuse phlegm [10] | Indications: badkan diseases, cold phlegm, indigestion, vomiting and dysentery due to cold, and abdominal pain with cold sensation [8] | A | Digestive disorders | Digestive disorders |
16 | Ranunculaceae | Aconitum pendulum Busch | 铁棒锤 | Tuber | Tuber, seedling, roots | To dispel wind and relieve pain, remove blood stasis, arrest bleeding, reduce swelling, and remove toxin [9] | Indications: rlung diseases, cold diseases, yellow fluid diseases, leprosy, and epilepsy [7] | B | Locomotor system ailments | Nervous system ailments |
17 | Rubiaceae | Rubia cordifolia L.* | 茜草* | Roots | Roots, rhizome, and whole plant | Indications: spitting of blood, epistaxis, abnormal uterine bleeding, traumatic bleeding; amenorrhea, arthralgia, and traumatic swelling and pain [10] | Indications: whole grass: pneumonia, nephritis and trichomonal vaginitis; root; spitting of blood, epistaxis, hematochezia, abnormal uterine bleeding, menstrual disorders, menoxenia abdominal pain, ecchymoma pain, trauma injury, and bloody dysentery [12] | B | Digestive, locomotor system ailments | Digestive, reproductive and locomotor system ailments |
18 | Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia fischeriana Steudel * | 狼毒* | Roots | Roots | To cause urination, remove indigestion, and kill parasites [10] | Indications: boils and sores, scrofula, external use for dermatitis, and ulceration [7] | A | Immune system ailments | Respiratory and immune system ailments |
19 | ApiaceaeApiaceae | Coriandrum sativum L. | 芫荽 | Fruits | Fruits | Indications: measles, cold, indigestion, and loss of appetite [9] | Indications: indigestion, loss of appetite, thirst, gastric ulcer, measles, cold, stomach diseases, and dysentery [7] | A | Digestive disorders | Digestive disorders |
20 | Zingiberaceae | Amomum kravanh Pierre ex Gagnep | 白豆蔻 | Seed | Fruits | To promote the flow of qi and arrest vomiting, warm the stomach, and promote digestion [10] | Indications: heart disorder, gastropathy, and nephropathy characterized by cold [16] | A | Digestive disorders | Digestive, urinary system disorders |
21 | Zingiberaceae | Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd | 大高良姜 | Fruits | Fruits, rhizome | To stimulate the functional activity of the stomach by expelling cold, promote the flow of qi, and relieve pain [10] | Indications: fruit; nephropathy, gastropathy [15] Rhizome; precordial and abdominal pain with cold sensation; indigestion due to stomach-cold, loin pain in kidney deficiency syndrome, and lung abscess [16] | B | Digestive disorders | Digestive, respiratory disorders |