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Table 1 Inventory of medicinal plants traditionally used by the local people in Wangjinzhuang Community

From: An ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants of Shexian Dryland Stone Terraced System in northern China

Family

Scientific name

Chinese name

Frequency

Habit

Habitat

Parts used

Preparations and uses

Adoxaceae

Sambucus williamsii Hance.

Jiegumu接骨木

*

Tree

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for hemostasis and promoting blood circulation, promoting reunion of bone and dispelling wind, draining dampness, treating for fracture, traumatic injury, rheumatic arthritis, gout, kashin-beck disease, chronic nephritis; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for traumatic bleeding

Amaranthaceae

Achyranthes bidentata Blume

Niuxi牛膝

*

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for activating blood, promoting menstruation, liver and kidney, diuresis, treating for postpartum abdominal pain, irregular menstruation, hemorrhinia, kidney deficiency, amenorrhea

Amaranthaceae

Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J.Scott

Difu地肤

**

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and draining dampness, diuresis; treating for dysuria, gonorrhea, sexual impotence; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for bite, furuncle, scabies, rubella

Amaryllidaceae

Allium macrostemon Bunge

Xiebai薤白

**

Herb

Wild

Bulb

Decoction; taken orally for eliminating stagnation, analgesia effect, antibacterial effect, anti-inflammatory effect, antiviral effect, anti-tumor effect, reducing blood glucose and lipid, reducing cholesterol, tonifying Yang, anticoagulation and immune effect, preventing diabetes, preventing atherosclerosis and cerebral infarction, treating for asthma, stable angina, coronary heart disease, acute or chronic bronchitis, hyperlipoidemia, diarrhea, dysentery

Amaryllidaceae

Allium ramosum L.

Yejiu野韭

*

Herb

Wild

Seed

Decoction; taken orally for controlling nocturnal emission, promoting kidney and tonifying Yang, antibacterial effect, anti-inflammatory effect, antiviral effect, anti-tumor effect, analgesia and immune effect, antioxidation and antimutagenesis, treating for toothache, enuresis, hiccup, indigestion, gastric cavity

Anacardiaceae

Pistacia chinensis Bunge

Huanglianmu黄连木

*

Tree

Wild

Bark, leaf

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, draining dampness, moisturizing, anti-aging effect, treating for dysentery, psoriasis, hemorrhoids, stranguria, rheumatism sores, dermatitis rhus, pyogenic infections

Apiaceae

Bupleurum chinense DC.

Beichaihu北柴胡

***

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat, promoting blood circulation and regulating the flow of vital energy, promoting liver, strengthening spleen and kidney, relieving depression, tonifying Yang, treating for wind-heat cold and fever, liver qi stagnation, abnormal menstruation, rectocele, rheumatic arthritis, epigastric pain, liver depression and spleen deficiency, gastroenteritis, dysmenorrhea

Apiaceae

Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Willd.

Hongchaihu红柴胡

***

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat, promoting blood circulation and regulating the flow of vital energy, promoting liver, strengthening spleen and kidney, relieving depression, tonifying Yang, treating for wind-heat cold and fever, liver qi stagnation, abnormal menstruation, rectocele, rheumatic arthritis, epigastric pain, liver depression and spleen deficiency, gastroenteritis, dysmenorrhea

Apiaceae

Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

Huixiang茴香

*

Herb

Wild

Fruit

Decoction; taken orally for regulating the flow of vital energy, analgesia effect, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, promoting stomach and spleen, promoting gastrointestinal motility, strengthening liver, treating for cold hernia and abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, epigastric distension, sagging of one testicle, inappetence

Apocynaceae

Vincetoxicum atratum (Bunge) Morren et Decne.

Baiwei白薇

*

Herb

Wild

Root, stem

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and cooling blood, diuresis and detoxicating, anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory effect, treating for syncope, lymphangitis

Apocynaceae

Cynanchum chinense R. Br

Erongteng鹅绒藤

*

Liana

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, dispelling wind and analgesia effect, promoting stomach, detumescence, treating for retention of food, diarrhea due to damp-heat, verruca vulgaris

Apocynaceae

Cynanchum rostellatum (Turcz.) Liede & Khanum

Luomo萝藦

*

Liana

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for tonifying Yang, promoting kidney, regulating the flow of vital energy, hemostasis, detumescence and detoxification, analgesia and anti-tumor effect, moistening the lung and relieving asthma, treating for bronchitis and pneumonia, lactagogue method, leucorrhea, spermatorrhea, cough and asthma, impotence; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for pyogenic infections, bite, herpes zoster

Apocynaceae

Periploca sepium Bunge

Gangliu杠柳

***

Shrub

Wild

Bark

Decoction; taken orally for promoting muscles and bones, detumescence and draining dampness, analgesia and anti-tumor effect, dispelling wind, diuresis, treating edema of lower limbs, palpitation and short of breath, rheumatalgia, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, rheumatoid arthritis, dysuria

Araceae

Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit.

Banxia半夏

**

Herb

Wild

Tuber

Decoction; taken orally for dissolving distension, arresting cough and eliminating phlegm, eliminating stagnation, antibacterial effect, anti-inflammatory effect, antiviral effect, anti-tumor effect, anticoagulation, preventing emesis, antioxidation, insecticidal effect, treating for cough due to excessive phlegm, epigastric distension and depression, headache dizziness, ulcer and pyogenic infections, nausea and vomiting; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for acute mastitis, suppurative otitis media

Aristolochiaceae

Aristolochia debilis Sieb. et Zucc.

Madouling马兜铃

*

Liana

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, diuresis, treating for cough, chronic bronchitis, rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, swelling and pain in throat, toothache

Aristolochiaceae

Asarum heterotropoides Fr. Schmidt

Xixin细辛

**

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for dispelling wind and cold, promoting blood circulation and detoxicating, analgesic effect and relieving asthma, treating for cough and asthma, wind-cold headache, hyperthermia and abdominal pain, traumatic injury, edema; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for snakebite

Asparagaceae

Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge

Zhimu知母

***

Herb

Wild

Rhizome

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat, purging intense heat, quenching thirst and relieving restlessness, nourishing Yin and moistening dryness, anti-inflammatory effect, anti-tumor effect, reducing blood glucose and lipid, anti-thrombus, treating for Alzheimer's disease, fever with thirst, cough due to heat in lungs, deficiency of liver-yin and kidney-yin, intestinal dryness with constipation

Asparagaceae

Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.

Tianmendong天门冬

*

Herb

Wild

Tuber

Decoction; taken orally for nourishing Yin and moistening dryness, moistening the lung and engendering liquid, anti-inflammatory effect, anti-tumor effect, reducing blood glucose and lipid, anti-thrombus, treating for dry throat and thirst, intestinal dryness with constipation, dry cough, phlegm, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchitis, diphtheria, pertussis, diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for sore and ulcer, pyogenic infections, snakebite

Asparagaceae

Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce

Yuzhu玉竹

**

Herb

Wild

Rhizome

Decoction; taken orally for moistening the lung, nourishing Yin, hemostasis, promoting spleen and stomach, promoting kidney, protecting heart and bones, antibacterial effect, anti-tumor effect, analgesia and immune effect, anti-fatigue effect, anti-aging effect and antioxidation, reducing blood glucose and lipid, helping digestion, treating for cough without phlegm, dry throat and thirst, deficiency of Yin

Asparagaceae

Polygonatum sibiricum Delar. ex Redoute

Huangjing黄精

**

Herb

Wild

Rhizome

Decoction; taken orally for moistening the lung, nourishing Yin, hemostasis, promoting spleen and stomach, promoting kidney, anti-diabetic and anti-Alzheimer's disease effect, protecting heart and bones, antibacterial effect, anti-tumor effect, analgesia and immune effect, anti-fatigue effect, reducing blood glucose and lipid, treating for fracture, spleen and stomach qi deficiency, chronic hepatitis, inappetence, neurodermitis, acne vulgaris, chloasma, psoriasis, osteoporosis

Asparagaceae

Ophiopogon japonicas (L. f.) Ker-Gawl.

Maidong麦冬

*

Herb

Wild

Tuber

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and resolving phlegm, stopping emesis, nourishing Yin and engendering liquid, moistening the lung and calming the nerves, protecting cardiovascular system, anti-aging and anti-tumor effect, anti-inflammatory effect, treating for heart disease damaging liquid, thirsty and upset, insomnia with restlessness, intestinal dryness with constipation, dry cough, swelling and pain in throat, cough and asthma

Asphodelaceae

Hemerocallis citrina Baroni

Huanghuacai黄花菜

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for promoting spleen and stomach, promote lactation, replenishing blood, calming the nerves, diuresis and detumescence, preventing gastrointestinal cancer, treating for hypogalactia, edema and dysuria, neurasthenia, insomnia with restlessness, out of lunch, forgetfulness, hypertension

Asphodelaceae

Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L.

Xuancao萱草

**

Herb

Wild & cultivated

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and draining dampness, diuresis and cooling blood, hemostasis, antibacterial effect, anti-inflammatory effect, insecticidal effect, anti-tumor effect, antioxidation, treating for edema, dysuria, stranguria, morbid leukorrhea, jaundice, hematochezia and metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, acute mastitis, breast milk stoppage, scrofula

Asteraceae

Arctium lappa L.

niubang牛蒡

**

Herb

Wild

Fruit, root, leaf, flower

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, detumescence and removing phlegm, analgesia effect, promoting eruption and relieving sore throat, treating for diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, wind-heat common cold, swelling and pain in throat, cough, atherosclerosis; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for mammary pain and pruritus, headache

Asteraceae

Artemisia annua L.

Huanghuahao黄花蒿

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, diuresis and cooling blood, treating for night sweat, malaria, heatstroke, cold; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for malignant sore, scabies

Asteraceae

Artemisia argyi Levl. et Van

Aihao艾蒿

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, hemostasis, dispelling cold and removing dampness, relieving asthma and cough, miscarriage prevention, anti-inflammatory and antiallergic effect, treating for dysmenorrhea, chronic bronchitis and asthma; Washing in soup for infection of maternal and infant diseases in delivery period; Hanging on doors as antibiosis and repellents

Asteraceae

Artemisia capillaries Thunb.

Yinchenhao茵陈蒿

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, treating for jaundice

Asteraceae

Artemisia caruifolia Buch. -Ham. ex Roxb.

Qinghao青蒿

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and clearing summer heat, diuresis and miscarriage prevention, hemostasis and cooling blood, treating for cough due to heat in lungs, swelling and pain in throat, jaundice, malaria, gonorrhea, hematemesis, rheumatalgia, hemoptysis, bleeding due to external injury, malignant sore

Asteraceae

Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC.

Cangzhu苍术

**

Herb

Wild

Rhizome

Decoction; taken orally for dispelling cold and wind, removing dampness, promoting eyesight and spleen, analgesia effect, immunomodulatory effect, anti-inflammatory effect, anti-tumor effect, promoting liver, treating for gastric ulcer, epigastric distension and depression, center burner damp obstruction, nyctalopia

Asteraceae

Bidens parvifiora Willd.

Guizhencao小花鬼针草

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, promoting blood circulation and dissipating blood stasis, analgesia effect, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, anti-tumor effect, promoting liver, reducing blood sugar and blood lipids, treating for infection of the upper respiratory tract, swelling and pain in throat, hypertension, acute appendicitis, acute icteric hepatitis, gastroenteritis, rheumatalgia, arthralgia and malaria; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for snakebite, furuncle, traumatic injury

Asteraceae

Bidens pilosa L.

Guizhencao鬼针草

**

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, detumescence, dispersing blood stasis, analgesia effect, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, anti-tumor effect, promoting liver, reducing blood sugar and blood lipids, treating for malaria, diarrhea, hepatitis, dysentery, acute nephritis, stomachache, dysphagia, intestinal carbuncle, swelling and pain in throat, traumatic injury, hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, tracheophyma, xerophthalmia, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and neurasthenia; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for snakebite, furuncle

Asteraceae

Carpesium cernuum L.

Yanguantoucao烟管头草

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, removing phlegm, preventing malaria, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, anti-tumor effect, promoting liver, treating for toothache, malaria, laryngalgia; fumigating and washing in soup for scabies, impetigo, hemorrhoids

Asteraceae

Cirsium japonicum Fisch. ex DC.

Daji大蓟

**

Herb

Wild

Leaf, root

Decoction; taken orally for hemostasis and cooling blood, eliminating blood stasis and carbuncles, detoxicating, reducing blood sugar, anti-tumor effect, protecting liver and antioxidation, treating for acute tonsillitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, stenocardia, hypertension, myocardial infarction, high-cholesterol, traumatic injury, diabetes, abscess and sore toxin, intestinal carbuncle, traumatic hemorrhage, hemoptysis, hematuria, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis

Asteraceae

Cirsium arvense var. integrifolium C. Wimm. et Grabowski

Ciercai刺儿菜

***

Herb

Wild

Leaf, root

Decoction; taken orally for hemostasis and cooling blood, dissipating blood stasis, detumescence and detoxicating, antibacterial effect, anti-inflammatory effect, preventing gastric mucosal lesion, reducing blood sugar, anti-tumor effect, protecting liver and antioxidation, treating for traumatic hemorrhage, acute tonsillitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, hemoptysis, hematuria, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis

Asteraceae

Erigeron canadensis L.

Xiaofeipeng小飞蓬

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, diuresis, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, hemostasis, treating for enteritis, dysentery, infectious hepatitis and cholecystitis, rheumatalgia

Asteraceae

Takhtajaniantha austriaca (Willd.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N. Kilian

Yacong鸦葱

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, lactagogue method, dispelling wind and removing dampness, regulating the flow of vital energy, promoting blood circulation, diuresis, antibacterial and analgesia effect, anti-inflammatory effect, antiviral and anti-stress effect, anti-tumor effect, antioxidation, promoting liver, anti-depression effect, reducing blood lipids, treating for pernicious vomiting

Asteraceae

Senecio scandens Buch. -Ham.

Qianliguang千里光

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, detumescence, removing nebula for improving eyesight, dissipating blood stasis, relieving itching, insecticidal effect, antibacterial and analgesia effect, anti-inflammatory effect, antiviral and anti-trichomonal effect, anti-tumor effect, antioxidation, promoting liver, treating for trichomonas vaginalis, wind-heat common cold, swelling and pain of eye, diarrhea and dysentery, eczema, infection of the upper respiratory tract, acute tonsillitis, swelling and pain in throat, pneumonia

Asteraceae

Taraxacum mongolicum Hand. -Mazz.

Pugongying蒲公英

***

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, detumescence, removing stasis, diuresis and treating stranguria, cholagogue, anti-radiation, anti-fatigue effect, antibacterial effect, anti-inflammatory effect, anti-tumor effect, promoting liver, promoting the resumption of gastrointestinal function, treating for acute upper respiratory tract infection, diabetes, ulcer, subacute eczema, demodicidosis, gastric cancer, climacteric syndrome, abdominal pain, milk withdrawal, infertility, external hemorrhoid, suppurative otitis media, erysipelas, leucorrhea; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for acute mastitis

Asteraceae

Xanthium sibiricum Patrin. ex Widder.

Canger苍耳

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant, fruit

Whole plant: Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, removing wind dampness, dituesis, antiallergic effect, treating for chronic rhinitis, acute parasinusitis, leprosy, ileotyphus, skin cancer, functional uterine bleeding, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic heart disease, urticaria, allergic asthma; Fruit: treating for wind-cold headache, epistaxis, rubella and pruritus

Bignoniaceae

Incarvillea sinensis Lam.

Jiaohao角蒿

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken as a water bath or pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, anti-inflammatory and analgesia effect, treating for hepatitis, stomachache, abnormal menstruation, hypertension, gall of fracture, dizziness, anemia, calculus

Brassicaceae

Raphanus sativus L.

Luobo萝卜

**

Herb

Cultivated

Seed

Decoction; taken orally for promoting digestion and eliminating flatulence, resolving phlegm, treating for constipation, chronic bronchitis, chronic lung disease, halitosis and traumatic injury

Campanulaceae

Adenophora stricta Miq.

Shashen沙参

***

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for nourishing Yin, moistening lung, clearing heat and resolving phlegm, cooling blood, regulating the flow of vital energy, anti-ulcer and anti-tumor effect, immunoregulatory function and antioxidation, anti-radiation effect, improving learning and memory, antifungal effect, treating for cough due to heat in lungs, tussiculation due to phlegm

Campanulaceae

Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf.

Dangshen党参

*

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for engendering liquid and nourishing blood, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effect, antioxidation and promoting liver, benefiting for spleen and lung, decreasing blood lipids, treating for heart failure, palpitations, shortness of breath, panasthenia, asthenia of qi and blood, anemia

Campanulaceae

Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.

Jiegeng桔梗

**

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for moistening lung and engendering liquid, relieving asthma and relieving a cough, promoting spleen and lung, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effect, treating for cough due to excessive phlegm, swelling and pain in throat, thoracic fullness and rib-side pain, pulmonary abscess, dysentery and abdominal pain, dysuria

Cannabaceae

Humulus scandens (Lour.) Merr. 

Lücao葎草

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, diuresis, treating heat stranguria, treating for cough due to heat in lungs, dysuria; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for edema, pruritus, carbuncle

Caprifoliaceae

Lonicera japonica Thunb.

Rendong忍冬

*

Liana

Wild

Flower, stem, fruit

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, detumescence, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, anti-tumor effect, analgesic effect and antioxidation, antiviral and antiallergy effect, benefiting for early pregnancy, reducing blood sugar and blood lipid, treating for dysentery with bloody stool, sore and furuncle

Celastraceae

Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb

Nansheteng南蛇藤

*

Shrub

Wild

Stem, leaf, root, seed, fruit

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, calming the nerves, promoting blood circulation, dispelling wing and removing dampness, detumescence, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effect, antioxidation, treating for arthralgia and myalgia, lumbago, rheumatic arthritis, toothache, amenorrhea, dysentery; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for traumatic injury, abscess, furuncle and carbuncle, snakebite, eczema

Celastraceae

Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Sieb.

Weimao卫矛

*

Shrub

Wild

Stem, leaf, root, fruit

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect, dispelling wind and relieving pain, dissipating blood stasis, regulating menstruation, hemostasis, promoting blood circulation, treating for hypertension and hyperlipidemia, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, abdominal distension and pain, diabetes, coronary heart disease, nephrosis, hernia; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for traumatic injury, snakebite, rheumatalgia, dermatitis

Convolvulaceae

Cuscuta chinensis Lam.

Tusizi菟丝子

*

Herb

Wild

Seed

Decoction; taken orally for tonifying Yang, miscarriage prevention, promoting liver and kidney, improving eyesight, anti-aging and immunomodulatory effect, treating for lactagogue method, impotence, diabetes, spermatorrhea, kidney deficiency, threatened abortion; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for leucoderma

Crassulaceae

Phedimus aizoon (L.)’t Hart

Feicai费菜

**

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, dissipating blood stasis, hemostasis, tranquilization, treating for hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematochezia, hematuria, palpitation and insomnia; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for traumatic injury, sore and furuncle, carbuncle and burn

Crassulaceae

Sedum sarmentosum Bunge

Chuipencao垂盆草

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, diuresis and detumescence, apocenosis and promoting tissue regeneration, anti-inflammatory effect, treating for jaundice, dysuria, hepatitis, pancreatitis and swelling and pain in throat; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for sore and furuncle, carbuncle

Dioscoreaceae

Discorea nipponica Makino

Chuanlongshuyu穿龙薯蓣

*

Liana

Wild

Rhizome

Decoction; taken orally for resolving phlegm, antibacterial effect, anti-inflammatory effect, antiviral effect, anti-tumor effect, immune effect, antioxidation, reducing blood glucose, promoting liver and kidney, treating for coronary heart disease, stable angina, rheumatic arthritis, chronic bronchitis, bronchitic asthma, diabetes, thyroid adenoma, acute cerebral infarction

Dioscoreaceae

Dioscorea polystachya Turczaninow

Shuyu薯蓣

*

Liana

Wild

Rhizome

Decoction; taken orally for antibacterial effect, anti-inflammatory effect, antiviral effect, anti-tumor effect, immune effect, antioxidation, reducing blood glucose, promoting liver and kidney, reducing phlegm, treating for diarrhea, dysentery, seminal discharge and amnesia

Ebenaceae

Diospyros kaki Thunb.

Shishu柿树

*

Tree

Cultivated

Root, fruit, leaf

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and cooling blood, moistening lung and engendering liquid, hemostasis and reducing blood pressure, treating for cough due to lung heat, swelling and pain in throat, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, hypertension, bleeding from hemorrhoids, dysentery with bloody stool

Ebenaceae

Diospyros lotus L.

Junqianzi君迁子

*

Tree

Wild

Leaf, fruit, seed

Decoction; taken orally for promoting spleen and stomach, nourishing the blood and calming the nerves, antibacterial and anti-AIDS effect, increasing immunity, nourishing yin, improving digestion, preventing osteoporosis and postpartum anemia, treating for hypertension, senile cataract, premature graying, cough

Fabaceae

Albizia julibrissin Durazz.

Hehuan合欢

*

Tree

Wild

Flower, bark

Decoction; taken orally for resolving depression, calming the nerves and promoting appetite, antibacterial effect, treating for insomnia, depression, obesity, pulmonary abscess; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for traumatic injury

Fabaceae

Caragana sinica (Buc'hoz) Rehd.

Jinji’er锦鸡儿

*

Shrub

Wild

Flower

Decoction; taken orally for dispelling wind and relieving pain, expelling phlegm and relieving a cough, promoting spleen and stomach, clearing heat and detumescence, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect, anti-tumor effect and antioxidation, analgesic effect, treating for rheumatalgia, arthralgia, edema due to spleen deficiency, infantile malnutrition

Fabaceae

Gleditsia japonica Miq.

Shanzaojia山皂荚

**

Tree

Wild

Seed, fruit, bark, thorn

Decoction; taken orally for relaxing bowels, dispelling wind and detumescence, eliminating phlegm, treating for constipation, hernia, cough; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for scrofula, sore and tinea, abscess

Fabaceae

Gleditsia sinensis Lam.

Zaojia皂荚

*

Tree

Wild

Thorn

Decoction; taken orally for expelling toxins and detumescence, apocenosis, anti-tumor effect, treating for cancer

Fabaceae

Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek

Lüdou绿豆

***

Herb

Wild

Seed

Decoction; taken orally for detoxicating, promoting liver, antibacterial and anti-tumor effect, nourishing skin, treating for indigestion, hypertension, diabetes, nephritis, heatstroke, urinary tract infection, chronic prostatitis, cephalalgia, eczema, parotitis; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for traumatic injury, dysentery, swelling

Fabaceae

Sophora flavescens Alt.

Kushen苦参

**

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect, anti-tumor effect, bacteriostasis and diuresis, anti-hepatic fibrosis, treating for heat dysentery, hematochezia, chronic hepatitis B, chronic hepatitis C, eczema and arrhythmia, abnormal leukorrhea, pruritus of vagina; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for vaginosis

Fabaceae

Vicia amoena Fisch.

Shanyewandou山野豌豆

**

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for dispelling wind and removing dampness, promoting blood circulation and analgesia, treating for functional uterine hemorrhage, epistaxis; Fumigating and washing the affected area for rheumatalgia, eczema; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for fall damage, unknown pyogenic infections

Fabaceae

Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi et Ohashi

Chixiaodou赤小豆

*

Herb

Cultivated

Seed

Decoction; taken orally for diuresis, detumescence, treating stranguria, promoting digestion and spleen, replenishing blood and removing dampness, treating for acute nephritis, cirrhotic ascites, jaundice and crystalli, mumps

Gentianaceae

Gentiana squarrosa Ledeb.

Linyelongdan鳞叶龙胆

*

Herb

Wild

Root, rhizome

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and draining dampness, promoting digestion, reducing blood pressure, clearing liver fire, anti-inflammatory and antiallergic effect, anticonvulsant effect, treating for acute icteric infectious hepatitis, damp-heat jaundice, leucorrhea, epilepsy, pruritus of private parts, infantile malnutrition, swelling and pain in throat and eczema

Geraniaceae

Erodium stephanianum Willd.

Mangniuermiao牻牛儿苗

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation, treating for arthralgia and myalgia, numb hands and feet, dysuria, hemiplegia, diarrhea

Iridaceae

Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC

Shegan射干

**

Herb

Wild

Rhizome

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, dissipating blood stasis and detumescence, dissolving phlegm, benefiting throat, antibacterial effect, anti-inflammatory effect, eliminating stagnation, treating for influenza, infection of the upper respiratory tract, swelling and pain in throat and cough

Iridaceae

Iris dichotoma pall.

Yeyuanwei野鸢尾

*

Herb

Wild

Rhizome

Decoction; taken orally for removing food retention, dissipating blood stasis and detumescence, detoxicating, antibacterial effect, anti-inflammatory effect, antiviral effect, anti-tumor effect, treating for arthritis, swelling and pain in throat, hepatitis, dyspepsia, bronchitis and traumatic injury; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for dermatitis

 Juglandaceae

Juglans regia L.

Hutao胡桃

*

Tree

Wild

Kernel

Taken as nut or cooked with meat for benefiting qi and nourishing blood, calming nerves, relaxing the bowels, promoting kidney and brain, treating for neurasthenia, emission due to the kidney deficiency, frequent micturition and amnesia

Lamiaceae

Ajuga ciliata Bunge

Jingucao筋骨草

**

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, cooling blood and detumescence, analgesia and anti-inflammatory effect, antibacterial and anti-tumor effect, treating for swelling and pain in throat, hemoptysis due to lung heat, chronic bronchitis, chronic glomerulonephritis, hepatitis, acute pneumonia; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for traumatic injure, traumatic bleeding

Lamiaceae

Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyland.

Xiangru香薷

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, relieving exterior syndrome by diaphoresis, analgesia and anti-inflammatory effect, diuresis and detumescence, treating for acute gastroenteritis, vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain, cholera, hyperthermia, epistaxis, edema, barbiers and halitosis

Lamiaceae

Lagopsis supina (Steph. ex Willd.) Ik. -Gal. ex Knorr.

Xiazhicao夏至草

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating menstruation, treating for abnormal menstruation, hemiplegia, amenorrhea, anemia

Lamiaceae

Leonurus japonicus Houttuyn

Yimucao益母草

**

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, diuresis and improving eyesight, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating menstruation, detumescence, treating for leukorrhea, prolapse of uterus, metrorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, dysuria, edema, hypertension, abnormal menstruation, hemiplegia, amenorrhea, anemia

Lamiaceae

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge

Danshen丹参

**

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating menstruation, nourishing blood for tranquillization, analgesic effect, cooling blood, treating for ulcer and carbuncle, angina pectoris, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis and abdominal pain, insomnia, emesis, cough due to heat in lungs, kidney deficiency and mild lumbago, traumatic injury, dysmenorrhea

Lamiaceae

Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi

Huangqin黄芩

***

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and purging fire, hemostasis and anti-inflammatory effect, antibacterial and anti-tumor effect, antioxidation, preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, diuresis, promoting kidney, treating for hemoptysis, enteritis, dysentery, jaundice, hypertension, cold, headache due to wind-heat, oppression in chest, lung heat, pneumonia, threatened abortion

Lamiaceae

Vitex negundo L. var. heterophylla (Franch.) Rehd.

Jingtiao荆条

*

Shrub

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for relieving exterior syndrome, resolving dampness, analgesia and insecticidal effect, clearing heat and detoxicating, relieving a cough and asthma, immunomodulatory and anti-early pregnancy effect, treating for common cold due to wind-cold, acute gastroenteritis, dysentery chronic bronchitis, malaria, gonorrhea, enterobiasis, stomachache, toothache; washing in soup for dermatitis, eczema, porrigo

Lamiaceae

Schnabelia terniflora (Maxim.) P. D. Cantino

Sanhuayou三花莸

*

Shrub

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for relieving exterior syndrome and dispelling cold, facilitating lung, treating for headache, cough, nebula and burn

Liliaceae

Lilum browaii var. viridulum Baker

Baihe百合

*

Herb

Wild

Bulb

Decoction; taken orally for moistening the lung, nourishing Yin, hemostasis, relieving cough and asthma, removing phlegm, calming the nerves, anti-depression, anti-tumor effect, analgesia and immune effect, anti-fatigue and antioxidation, reducing blood glucose, treating for cough and asthma due to heat in lungs, cough with blood-flecked phlegm, pulmonary abscess, senile chronic bronchitis, neurasthenia, palpitations, sleeplessness

Malvaceae

Abutilon theophrasti Medicus

Qingma苘麻

*

Herb

Wild

Seed

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, draining dampness, removing nebula, treating for dysentery, stranguria, pyogenic infections

Menispermaceae

Menispermum dauricum DC.

Bianfuge蝙蝠葛

*

Liana

Wild

Root, stem

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxification, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects, dispelling wind, relieving pain, treating for enteritis, dysentery, rheumatic arthralgia, amygdalitis, swelling and pain in throat, cerebrovascular diseases

Moraceae

Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Heritier ex Ventenat

Gou构

*

Tree

Wild

Bark, root, fruit

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and removing dampness, cooling blood and insecticidal action, promoting eyesight, reinforcing kidney, treating for sexual impotence, dysentery, enteritis, soreness and weakness of waist and knees; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for neurodermatitis, tinea

Moraceae

Morus alba L.

Sang桑

*

Tree

Wild

Leaf, root, stem, fruit, bark

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and dispelling the wind, promoting eyesight and clearing away the lung heat, treating for cough due to heat in lungs, trachitis, rheumatoid arthritis, diarrhea; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for traumatic injury, acariasis

Oleaceae

Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

Lianqiao连翘

***

Shrub

Wild

Fruit

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, strengthening heart, antibacterial and analgesia effect, anti-inflammatory and antiviral effect, promoting liver, treating for urinary obstruction, erythrogenic toxin, scrofula, acute mastitis

Oleaceae

Fraxinus bungeana DC.

Xiaoyecen小叶梣

*

Tree

Wild

Bark

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and draining dampness, diuresis, promoting liver and eyesight, antibacterial and analgesia effect, anti-inflammatory and antiviral effect, antiallergic and anti-tumor effect, antioxidation, calming the nerves, treating for enteritis, chronic bronchitis, dysentery, nebula, hot eyes

Oleaceae

Syringa oblata Lindl.

Zidingxiang紫丁香

*

Shrub

Wild

Leaf

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and quenching one's thirst, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, promoting eyesight, treating for emesis, diarrhea, rheumatalgia, hernia, keratitis and conjunctivitis

Orobanchaceae

Siphonostegia chinensis Benth.

Yinxingcao阴行草(北刘寄奴)

**

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and draining dampness, promoting blood circulation, dissipating blood stasis, diuresis, antibacterial effect, anti-inflammatory effect, removing phlegm, relieving asthma and cough, reducing serum cholesterol and blood lipid, cholagogue and promoting liver, treating for acute and chronic icteric hepatitis, chronic bronchitis, cervical cancer, skin cancer, cholecystitis, dysuria, abdominal distension, postpartum abdominal pain and dysentery with bloody stool

Orobanchaceae

Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaert.) Libosch. ex Fisch. et Mey.

Dihuang地黄

**

Herb

Wild

Root, stem

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and cooling blood, promoting liver and heart, nourishing yin, promoting kidney, immunomodulatory effect, anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory effect, antibacterial effect, preventing osteoporosis, hemostasis, treating for spontaneous external bleeding, hemafecia, hematuria, hematemesis, hemoptysis, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, retinal hemorrhage, depression, abnormal menstruation, keratomycosis, diabetes

Papaveraceae

Chelidonium majus L.

Baiqucai白屈菜

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for relieving a cough and pain, detoxification, bactericidal effect, diuresis, treating for fever, liver cirrhosis, beriberi, duodenal ulcer, gastritis, gastric ulcer; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for scabies, detumescence

Papaveraceae

Corydalis racemosa (Thunb.) Pers.

Xiaohuahuangjin小花黄堇

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, moistening lung, relieving a cough and itching, astringe effect; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for scabies, carbuncle, sore and furuncle, snakebite, stubborn dermatitis

Papaveraceae

Dicranostigma leptopodum (Maxim.) Fedde

Tuchuanghua秃疮花

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, anti-inflammatory effect, detumescence, relieving pain, insecticidal effect, treating for toothache; Washed with water for tinea, itch

Phrymaceae

Phrym leptostachya L. var. asiatica Hara

Tougucao透骨草

**

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for spawning induction, insecticidal effect, treating for dystocia; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for furuncle and carbuncle, swelling

Phyllanthaceae

Leptopus chinensis (Bunge) Pojark.

Queershetou雀儿舌头

*

Shrub

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for regulating the flow of vital energy and relieving pain, promoting spleen and stomach, treating for stomachache, diarrhea, edema, jaundice, abdominal distension and pain, inappetence

Plantagianceae

Plantago asiatica L.

Cheqian车前

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, diuresis, promoting liver and eyesight, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, reducing blood pressure, relieving a cough and phlegm, treating for asthma, cough due to phlegm, diarrhea, chronic active hepatitis, latent glomerulonephritis, pannus, dysentery and hematuria; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for decubitus, postpartum urinary retention, acute mastitis; Washing in soup for elytritis

Poaceae

Setaria italica var. germanica (Mill.) Schred.

Qinggu青谷

*

Herb

Cultivated

Fruit

Decoction; taken orally for promoting digestion, promoting spleen and stomach, diuresis, treating for retention of food, abdominal distension, halitosis, spleen-stomach deficiency, inappetence, constipation

Polygalaceae

Polygala sibirica L.

XiboliyaYuanzhi西伯利亚远志

*

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for calming the nerves and dispelling depression, diuresis, promoting liver and heart, anti-senile dementia and anti-tumor effect, eliminating phlegm and detumescence, anti-inflammatory effect, improving memory, regulating blood sugar, treating for hypertension and neurasthenia, acute mastitis, insomnia and dreamful sleep, forgetfulness and pavor, dizziness, breast pain, sore and pyogenic infections

Polygalaceae

Polygala tenuifolia Willd.

Yuanzhi远志

***

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for treating similar ailments as Polygala sibirica

Polygonaceae

Rumex crispus L.

Zhouyesuanmo皱叶酸模

***

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for strengthening the kidney, diuresis, promoting circulation and hemostasis, diuresis, treating for pulmonary abscess, vomiting blood, constipation, indigestion; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for dermatitis, furuncle, scabies, eczema, burn

Pteridaceae

Aleuritopteris argentea(Gmel.)F´ee

Yinfenbeijue银粉背蕨

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, treating for hemostasis

Ranunculaceae

Aconitum kusnezoffii Rchb.

Beiwutou北乌头

*

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for dispelling wind, relieving pain, removing dampness, treating for arthritis, neuralgia, toothache, stroke

Ranunculaceae

Aconitum sinomontanum Nakai

Gaowutou高乌头

*

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for analgesia effect, removing phlegm, treating for palpitation, aphasia from apoplexy, wind-cold-dampness, arthralgia; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for traumatic injury

Ranunculaceae

Anemone tomentosa (Maxim.) Pei

Dahuocao大火草

*

Herb

Wild

Stem

Decoction; taken orally for reducing phlegm, dissipating blood stasis, insecticidal effect, clearing heat and detoxicating, treating for malaria, infantile malnutrition, cough asthma, dysentery; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for sore, furuncle, carbuncle, traumatic injury

Ranunculaceae

Aquilegia viridiflora Pall.

Loudoucai耧斗菜

**

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, promoting blood circulation and hemostasis, treating for abnormal menstruation, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, dysmenorrhea and dysentery

Ranunculaceae

Clematis heracleifolia DC.

Dayetiexianlian大叶铁线莲

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for dispelling wind and eliminating dampness, clearing heat and detumescence, treating for rheumatic joint pains, tuberculous ulcer, fistula

Ranunculaceae

Clematis kirilowii Maxim.

Taihangtiexianlian太行铁线莲

*

Liana

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for detoxification, dredging channels and collaterals, diuresis, treating for digestion, urinary tract infection, constipation, breast milk stoppage, rheumatic arthritis, amenorrhea; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for bite, toothache, web-eye

Ranunculaceae

Clematis intricata Bunge

Huanghuatiexianlian黄花铁线莲

*

Liana

Wild

Whole plant

Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for expelling wind-damp, treating for chronic rheumatoid arthritis, rash

Ranunculaceae

Pulsatilla chinensis (Bunge) Regel

Baitouweng白头翁

*

Herb

Wild

Stem

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, cooling blood and checking dysentery, draining dampness, insecticidal effect, treating for bloody flux, warm malaria, epistaxis, bleeding from hemorrhoids

Rhamnaceae

Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa (Bunge) Hu ex H.F. Chow

Suanzao酸枣

**

Shrub

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for calming the nerves, promoting heart and liver, detoxicating, reducing blood pressure, softening blood vessel, treating for scurvy, insomnia, coronary heart disease, hypertension

Rosaceae

Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb.

Longyacao龙芽草

***

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for cooling blood and hemostasis, strengthening heart and promoting stomach, treating for hemoptysis, dysentery, hematuria, hemorrhage of internal lesion caused by overexertion

Rosaceae

Crataegus cuneata Sied. et. Zucc.

Yeshanzha野山楂

*

Shrub

Wild

Fruit

Decoction; taken orally for helping digestion and promoting stomach, promoting heart, dissipating blood stasis, softening blood vessel, decreasing hemorrheologic, treating for constipation, diarrhea, hypertension

Rosaceae

Potentilla chinensis Ser.

Weilingcai委陵菜

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, dispelling wind, treating for rheumatic pain, dysentery, paralysis, epilepsy

Rosaceae

Potentilla discolor Bge.

Fanbaicao翻白草

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, hemostasis and detumescence, treating for dysentery, cough, pulmonary abscess, hemoptysis, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, abscess

Rosaceae

Pyrus betulifolia Bunge

Duli杜梨

**

Tree

Wild

Fruit

Decoction; taken orally for helping digestion, treating for diarrhea, dysentery, stomachache, dyspepsia, retention of food

Rosaceae

Sanguisorba officinalis L.

Diyu地榆

*

Herb

Wild

Root

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, cooling blood and hemostasis, treating for hypertension, hematemesis, hemoptysis, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, dysentery with bloody stool, hemorrhoids; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for sore and furuncle, fester, snakebite, burn

Rutaceae

Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim.

Huajiao花椒

***

Tree

Wild

Fruit, root, seed, leaf

Decoction; taken orally for preventing thrombosis, analgesia, anti-inflammatory effect, promoting appetite and digestion, strengthening spleen and stomach, treating for diarrhea, vomiting; Fumigating and washing the affected area for pruritus of vagina

Rutaceae

Zanthoxylum simulans Hance

Yehuajiao野花椒

*

Tree

Wild

Fruit, root, stem, leaf

Decoction; taken orally for detumescence and analgesia, regulating the flow of vital energy, removing cold and detoxicating, diuresis and promoting stomach, anti-inflammatory effect, treating for diarrhea and vomiting

Selaginellaceae

Selaginella tamayiscina (Beauv.) Spring

Juanbai卷柏

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea, traumatic injury, charcoal of it treating for vomiting blood, Metrorrhagia

Smilacaceae

Smilax riparia A.DC.

Niuweicai牛尾菜

*

Herb

Wild

Root or rhizome

Decoction; taken orally for dispersing blood stasis, relieving rigidity of muscles and activating collaterals, antioxidation, anti-tumor effect, promoting blood circulation, dispelling wind, analgesia effect, treating for rheumatic arthritis, arthralgia and myalgia, lumbar muscle strain

Solanaceae

Datura stramonium L.

Mantuoluo曼陀罗

*

Herb

Wild

Flower, leaf and seed

Decoction; taken orally for sedative and analgesic effect, anesthetic and anticonvulsive effect, relieving asthma and cough, treating for epilepsy, asthma; Washing in soup for rheumatalgia

Solanaceae

Lycium chinense Miller

Gouqi枸杞

*

Shrub

Wild

Fruit, bark

Decoction; taken orally for moistening the lung and promoting kidney, improving eyesight and cooling blood, anti-aging and anti-tumor effect, anti-inflammatory effect, clearing heat and relieving a cough, preventing atherosclerosis, protecting liver and cardiovascular, treating for hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes, liver cancer

Solanaceae

Solanum nigrum L.

Longkui龙葵

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, promoting blood circulation, detumescence, diuresis and resolving phlegm, relieving itching, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effect, treating for chronic bronchitis, hypertension, acute nephritis, bladder cancer, dysuria, dysentery, leukorrhea, urinary tract infection; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for urticaria, cervical erosion, eczema, venomous snake bite, furuncle

Ulmaceae 

Ulmus parvifolia Jacq.

Langyu榔榆

*

Tree

Wild

Bark, leaf, stem

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, cooling blood and hemostasis, detoxification, relieving swelling, treating for heat strangury, difficult urination, back pain, dysentery; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for acute mastitis, burn, sore

Urticaceae

Urtica fissa E. Pritz.

Qianma荨麻

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for dispelling wind and eliminating dampness, arresting convulsion, diuresis and hemostasis, preventing hair loss, removing phlegm, treating for rheumatoid arthritis, febrile convulsion, dyspepsia; Pounded fresh part applied on the affected area for seborrheic dermatitis, urticaria, dandruff and snakebite

Violaceae

Viola yedoensis Makino.

Zihuadiding紫花地丁

*

Herb

Wild

Whole plant

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat and detoxicating, cooling blood and detumescence, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect, antioxidation, treating for carbuncle abscess, furuncle, pyogenic infections, acute mastitis, periappendicular abscess, snakebite

Vitaceae

Vitis amurensis Rupr.

Shanputao山葡萄

*

Liana

Wild

Root, stem, fruit

Decoction; taken orally for clearing heat, diuresis, dispelling wind and relieving pain, treating for urinary tract infection, dampness-heat of bladder, abdominal pain, headache, traumatic pain, rheumatalgia