As 50 ervas chinesas fundamentais

Na herbologia chinesa há 50 ervas fundamentais:

Agastache rugosa - huòxiāng (藿香)

Alangium chinense - bā jiǎo fēng (八角枫)

Anemone or Pulsatilla chinensis - bái tóu weng (白头翁)

Anisodus tanguticus - shān lang dàng (山莨菪)

Ardisia japonica - zǐjīn niú (紫金牛)

Aster tataricus - zǐwǎn (紫菀)

Astragalus membranaceus - huángqí (黄芪) or běiqí (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)

Cissampelos pareira - xí shēng téng (锡生藤) or (亞乎奴)

Coptis chinensis - duǎn è huánglián (短萼黄连)

Corydalis ambigua - yán hú suǒ (延胡索)

Croton tiglium - bā dòu (巴豆)

Daphne genkwa - yuánhuā (芫花)

Datura metel - yáng jīn huā (洋金花)

Datura tatula - zǐ huā màn tuó luó (紫花曼陀萝)

Dendrobium nobile - shí hú (石斛) or shí hú lán (石斛兰)

Dichroa febrifuga - chángshān (常山)

Ephedra sinica - cǎo má huáng (草麻黄)

Eucommia ulmoides - dùzhòng (杜仲)

Euphorbia pekinensis - dàjǐ (大戟)

Flueggea suffruticosa (formerly Securinega suffruticosa) - yī yè qiū (一叶秋)

Forsythia suspensa - liánqiào (连翘)

Gentiana loureiroi - dì dīng (地丁)

Gleditsia sinensis - zào jiá (皂荚)

Glycyrrhiza uralensis - gāncǎo (甘草)

Hydnocarpus anthelmintica (syn. H. anthelminthicus) - dà fēng zǐ (大风子)

Ilex purpurea - dōngqīng (冬青)

Leonurus japonicus - yìmǔcǎo (益母草)

Ligusticum wallichii - chuānxiōng (川芎)

Lobelia chinensis - bàn biān lián (半边莲)

Phellodendron amurense - huáng bǎi (黄柏)

Platycladus orientalis (formerly Thuja orientalis) - cèbǎi (侧柏)

Pseudolarix amabilis - jīn qián sōng (金钱松)

Psilopeganum sinense - shān má huáng (山麻黄)

Pueraria lobata - gé gēn (葛根)

Rauwolfia serpentina - (從蛇根木) or (印度蛇木)

Rehmannia glutinosa - dìhuáng (地黄) or gān dìhuáng (干地黄)

Rheum officinale - yào yòng dà huáng (药用大黄)

Rhododendron tsinghaiense - Qīnghǎi dùjuān (青海杜鹃)

Saussurea costus - yún mù xiāng (云木香)

Schisandra chinensis - wǔ wèi zi (五味子)

Scutellaria baicalensis - huángqín (黄芩)

Stemona tuberosa - bǎi bù (百部)

Stephania tetrandra - fáng jǐ (防己)

Styphnolobium japonicum (formerly Sophora japonica) - huái (槐), huái shù (槐树), or huái huā (槐花)

Trichosanthes kirilowii - guālóu (栝楼)

Wikstroemia indica - liǎo gē wáng (了哥王)

Wong, Ming. La Médecine chinoise par les plantes. Le Corps a Vivre series. Éditions Tchou, 1976.