Glossary of Chinese Medicine Names
Ai Ye – Artemisia Argyi
Ba Dou – Croton fruit
Ba Ji Tian – Morinda Officinalis
Ba Yue Zha – Akebia fruit
Bai Bu – Stemona
Bai Dou Kou – Amomum rotundus
Bai Fu Zi – Typhonium root
Bai Guo – Ginkgo seed
Bai He – Lillium root
Bai Hua She – Bungarus Parvus
Bai Hua She She Cao – Oldenlandia
Bai Ji – Bletilla
Bai Ji Li – Tribulus fruit
Bai Jiang Cao – Patrinia
Bai Jie Zi – Sinapis, Mustard
Bai Lian – Ampelopsis
Bai Long Chuan Hua Tou – Clerodendron paniculatum
Bai Mao Gen – Imperata rhizome
Bai Mao Hua – Imperata flower
Bai Mu Er – Tremella
Bai Qian – Cynanchum staunton rhizome
Bai Shao – Paeonia alba root
Bai Tou Weng – Pulsatilla root
Bai Tou Weng Ye – Pulsatilla leaf
Bai Wei – Cynanchum atratum
Bai Xian Pi – Dictamnus root-bark
Bai Zhi – Angelica dahurica root
Bai Zhu – White Atractylodes
Bai Zi Ren – Platycladus seed
Ban Bian Lian – Lobelia chinensis
Ban Lan Gen – Isatidis root
Ban Mao – Mylabris, Blister Beetle
Ban Xia – Pinellia rhizome
Ban Zhi Lian – Scutellaria barbata
Bei Dou Gen – Menispermum rhizome
Bei Mu – Fritillaria bulb
Bei Sha Shen – Glehnia root
Bei Ting Li Zi – Lepidium seed
Bei Wu Jia Pi – Periploca sepium root-bark
Bi Ba – Piper longum, Long Pepper
Bi Cheng Qie – Litsea fruit
Bi Xie – Dioscoreae hypoglaucae
Bian Dou – Lablab album seed
Bian Dou Hua – Lablab album flower
Bian Xu – Polygonum avicularis
Bie Jia – Carapax Trionycis
Bie Jia Jiao – Carapax Trionycis Gelatin
Bing Lang – Areca Semen, Betel nut
Bing Pian – Borneol Camphor
Bo He – Mentha, Mint
Bu Gu Zhi – Psoralea fruit
Can Sha – Silkworm feces
Cang Er Cao – Xanthium herb
Cang Er Zi – Xanthium fruit
Cang Zhu – Red Atractylodes rhizome
Cao Dou Kou – Alpinia katsumadai fruit
Cao Guo – Tsaoko fruit
Cao Wu – Aconitum kusnezoffii root
Ce Bai Ye – Platycladus leaf
Cha Chi Huang – Stellaria aquatica
Chai Hu – Bupleurum root
Chan Su – Toad Venom
Chan Tui – Cicada slough
Chang Shan – Dichroa root
Che Qian Cao – Plantago herb
Che Qian Zi – Plantago seed
Chen Pi – Aged Tangerine peel
Chen Xiang – Aloeswood
Chi Fu Ling – Poria Rubra
Chi Shao – Paeonia Rubra, Red Peony
Chi Shi Zhi – Halloysitum, Red Earth
Chi Xiao Dou – Phaseolus seed, Red Bean
Chong Wei Zi – Leonurus, Motherwort seed
Chou Wu Tong – Clerodendrum trichotomum
Chu Shi Zi – Broussonetia fruit
Chuan Bei Mu – Fritillaria cirrhosa bulb
Chuan Lian Zi – Melia toosendan fruit
Chuan Mu Tong – Clematidis armandium stem
Chuan Niu Xi – Cyathula root
Chuan Shan Jia – Squama Manis, Pangolian scales
Chuan Shan Long – Dioscorea nipponica rhizome
Chuan Wu – Aconitum, Wild Aconite root
Chuan Xin Lian – Andrographis
Chuan Xiong – Ligusticum chuanxiong
Chui Pen Cao – Sedum, Houseleek
Chun Gen – Ailanthus root
Chun Gen Pi – Ailanthus bark
Ci Shi – Magnetite
Ci Wu Jia – Acanthopanax senticosum
Cong Bai – Allium fistulosum
Da Ding Huang – Euonymus
Da Dou Huang Juan – Glycines germinatum
Da Feng Zi – Hydnocarpus seed
Da Fu Pi – Areca peel
Da Huang – Rhubarb
Da Hui Xiang – Star Anise
Da Ji – Cirsium japonicum
Da Ji – Euphorbia seu Knoxia root
Da Qing Ye – Isatidis leaf
Da Suan – Garlic
Da Ye Ma Dou Ling – Aristolochia kaempferum
Da Zao – Jujube, Red Date
Dai Zhe Shi – Hematite
Dan Dou Chi – Soy bean prepared
Dan Nan Xing – Arisaema, Bile-prepared
Dan Shen – Salvia miltiorrhiza
Dan Zhu Ye – Lophatherum
Dang Gui – Angelica sinensis
Dang Shen – Codonopsis
Dao Dou – Canavalia seed
Deng Xin Cao – Medulla Juncus, Rush pith
Di Bie Chong – Eupolyphaga, Cockroach
Di Fu Zi – Kochia fruit
Di Gu Pi – Lycium bark
Di Long – Earthworm
Di Yu – Sanguisorba root
Ding Xiang – Clove
Dong Chong Xia Cao – Cordyceps
Dong Gua Pi – Benincasa exocarp
Dong Gua Zi – Benincasa seed
Dong Kui Zi – Malva seed
Dong Ling Cao – Rabdosia herb
Dong Qing Ye – Ilex leaf
Du Huo – Angelica pubescens
Du Zhong – Eucommia bark
Duan Shi Gao – burnt Gypsum
E Bu Shi Cao – Centipeda herb
E Jiao – Asses gelatin
E Zhu – Zedoary
Er Cha – Catechu
Fan Xie Ye – Senna leaf
Fang Feng – Saposhnikovia root
Fei Zi – Torreya seed
Fen Fang Ji – Stephania tetandra
Feng Mi – Honey
Feng Wei Cao – Pteris herb
Fo Shou – Finger Citron
Fu Hai Shi – Pumice
Fu Ling – Poria
Fu Ling Pi – Poria peel
Fu Long Gan – Terra Flava Usta
Fu Pen Zi – Chinese Raspberry
Fu Ping – Duckweed
Fu Shen – Poria with tree root
Fu Xiao Mai – Light Wheat
Fu Zi – Aconitum lateral root
Gan Cao – Licorice
Gan Jiang – Ginger
Gan Qi – Toxicodendrum resin
Gan Song – Nardostachys root
Gan Sui – Euphorbia kansui root
Gao Ben – Ligusticum root
Gao Liang Jiang – Alpinia officinarum rhizome
Ge Gen – Pueraria root
Ge Jie – Gecko
Ge Ke – Clam shell
Geng Mi – Rice
Gou Ji – Cibotium rhizome
Gou Qi Gen – Lycium root
Gou Qi Zi – Lycium fruit, Goji
Gou Teng – Uncaria ramulus
Gu Jing Cao – Eriocaulum flower
Gu Sui Bu – Drynaria rhizome
Gu Ya – Setaria fruit germinated
Gu Zhi Hua – Oroxylum seed
Gua Lou Pi – Trichosanthes pericarp
Gua Lou Ren – Trichosanthes seed
Gua Lou Shi – Trichosanthes fruit
Guan Mu Tong – Aristolochia manshuriensis
Guan Ye Lian Qiao – Hypericum spp.
Guan Zhong – Dryopteris rhizome
Guang Fang Ji – Aristolochia fangchi
Guang Huo Xiang – Pogostemon herb
Guang Jin Qian Cao – Desmodium styracifolium
Gui Ban – Plastrum Testudinis
Gui Ban Jiao – Gelatinum Testudinis
Gui Zhi – Cinnamon twigs
Hai Dai – Laminaria
Hai Feng Teng – Piper kadsura stem
Hai Fu Rong – Limonium wrightii
Hai Jin Sha – Lygodium
Hai Long – Pipefish
Hai Ma – Seahorse
Hai Piao Xiao – Cuttlebone
Hai Shen – Strichopus japonicus
Hai Tong Pi – Erythrina bark
Hai Zao – Sargassum
Han Lian Cao – Eclipta
Han Shui Shi – Mirabilite
He Huan Hua – Albizia flower
He Huan Pi – Albizia bark
He Shi – Carpesium seed
He Shou Wu – Polygonum multiflorum root
He Ye – Lotus leaf
He Zi – Chebula
Hei Dou – Glycine max seed
Hei Zhi Ma – Black Sesame
Hong Dou Kou – Alphinia galanga fruit
Hong Hua – Safflower
Hong Shi Gao – Red Gypsum
Hong Teng – Sargentodoxa stem
Hou Po – Magnolia bark
Hou Po Hua – Magnolia flower
Hu Gu – Tiger Bone
Hu Huang Lian – Picrorrhiza
Hu Jiao – Black Pepper
Hu Lu Ba – Fenugreek
Hu Po – Amber
Hu Tao Ren – Walnut
Hu Zhang – Polygonum cuspidatum
Hua Jiao – Sichuan Pepper
Hua Ju Hong – Citrus Grandis peel
Hua Rui Shi – Ophicalcite
Hua Shi – Talcum
Huai Hua – Sophora flower
Huai Jiao – Sophora fruit
Huai Niu Xi – Achyranthes bidentata
Huai Tong Ma Dou Ling – Aristolochia moupinensis
Huang Bai – Phellodendrum
Huang Jing – Polygonatum
Huang Lian – Coptis
Huang Niu Jiao – Cow horn
Huang Qi – Astragalus
Huang Qin – Scutellaria root
Huang Teng – Fibraurea stem
Huang Yang Jiao – Gazella horn
Huang Yao Zi – Dioscorea bulbifera
Huo Ma Ren – Cannabis seed
Huo Xiang – Agastache
Ji Gu Cao – Abrus herb
Ji Guan Hua – Celosiae flower
Ji Nei Jin – Chicken Gizzard skin
Ji Xiang Teng – Paederia stem
Ji Xue Cao – Centella
Ji Xue Teng – Spatholobus stem
Jian Shen Qu – Massa Fermentata Praeparata
Jiang Can – White Silkworm
Jiang Huang – Turmeric
Jiang Xiang – Dalbergia wood
Jiao Gu Lan – Gynostemma
Jie Geng – Platycodon root
Jin Guo Lan – Tinospora root
Jin Qian Cao – Lysimachia herb
Jin Yin Hua – Honeysuckle flower
Jin Ying Zi – Rosehip
Jing Da Ji – Euphorbia pekinensis root
Jing Jie – Schizonepeta
Jing Tian San Qi – Sedum aizoom
Jiu Cai Zi – Leek seed
Jiu Ceng Ta – Basil
Jiu Jie Chang Pu – Anemones altaica
Ju He – Citrus rubrum seed
Ju Hong – Citrus rubrum peel
Ju Hua – Chrysanthemum
Ju Ye – Citrus rubrum leaf
Ju Ye San Qi – Gynura segetum
Jue Ming Zi – Cassia tora
Ku Lian Pi – Melia bark
Ku Lian Zi – Melia fruit
Ku Shen Gen – Sophora flavescens
Kuan Dong Hua – Coltsfoot flower
Kun Bu – Laminaria
Lai Fu Zi – Radish seed
Lao Guan Cao – Erodium or Geranium spp.
Lei Gong Teng – Tripterygium wilfordii
Lei Wan – Omphalia
Li Lu – Veratrum root
Li Zhi He – Litchi seed
Lian Fang – Lotus receptacle
Lian Qian Cao – Ground Ivy
Lian Qiao – Forsythia fruit
Lian Xu – Lotus stamen
Lian Zi – Lotus seed
Lian Zi Xin – Nelumbo plume
Ling Yang Jiao – Antelope horn
Ling Yin Chen – Siphonostegia chinensis
Ling Zhi – Ganoderma lucidum
Liu Huang – Sulphur
Liu Ji Nu – Artemisia anomalae
Liu Ye – Salix babylonica leaf
Liu Zhi Huang – Solidago herb
Long Chi – Fossil teeth
Long Dan Cao – Gentian
Long Gu – Fossil bone
Long Kui – Black Nightshade
Long Yan Rou – Longan fruit
Lou Lu – Rhaponticum
Lu Dou – Phaseolus
Lu Feng Fang – Wasp Nest
Lu Gan Shi – Galamine
Lu Gen – Phragmitis
Lu Han Cao – Pyrola
Lu Hui – Aloe
Lu Jiao – Mature Deer horn
Lu Jiao Jiao – Deer horn gelatin
Lu Jiao Shuang – Deglued Antler powder
Lu Lu Tong – Liquidambar fruit
Lu Rong – Velvet Deer horn
Luo Han Guo – Momordica fruit
Luo Shi Teng Ma An Teng – Trachelospermum stem
Ma Bian Cao – Vervain
Ma Bo – Puffball
Ma Chi Xian – Purslane
Ma Dou Ling – Birthwort fruit
Ma Huang – Ephedra herb
Ma Huang Gen – Ephedra root
Ma Qian Zi – Nux Vomica
Mai Men Dong – Ophiopogon
Mai Ya – Malted Barley
Man Jing Zi – Vitex seed
Mang Cao – Illicium lanceolatum fruit
Mang Xiao – Glauber’s Salt
Mao Dong Qing – IIlicis pubescentis
Mao Zi Dun Tou – Abutilon indicum herb
Meng Chong – Gad fly
Meng Shi – Mica
Mi Meng Hua – Buddleja flower
Mi Tuo Seng – Litharge
Ming Fan – Alum
Mo Yao – Myrrh
Mu Bie Zi – Momordica seed
Mu Dan Pi – Tree Peony root bark
Mu Gua – Chinese Quince
Mu Li – Oyster shell
Mu Xiang – Costus
Mu Zei – Horsetail
Nan Gua Zi – Pumpkin seed
Nan Sha Shen – Adenophora
Niu Bang Zi – Burdock seed
Niu Dan – Cow Gall Bladder
Niu Huang – Bezoar
Niu Xi – Achyranthes
Nu Zhen Zi – Ligustrum lucidum
Ou Jie – Lotus root
Pang Da Hai – Sterculia seed
Pao Jiang – Blast-fried Ginger
Pei Lan – Eupatorium
Peng Sha – Borax
Pi Pa Ye – Loquat leaf
Pu Gong Ying – Dandelion
Pu Huang – Pollen Typha
Qi She – Agkistrodon (Snake)
Qian Cao – Madder
Qian Dan – Minium
Qian Hu – Peucedanum root
Qian Niu Zi – Pharbitis seed
Qian Shi – Euryales, Fox nut
Qiang Huo – Notopterygium
Qin Jiao – Gentiana macrophylla
Qin Pi – Ash tree bark
Qing Dai – Indigo
Qing Fen – Calomel
Qing Feng Teng – Sinomenium
Qing Guo Gen – Canarium album root
Qing Hao – Artemisia annua
Qing Ma Zi – Abutilon seed
Qing Mu Xiang – Aristolochia root
Qing Niu Jiao Fen – Cow horn
Qing Pi – Green Tangerine peel
Qing Xiang Zi – Celosia seed
Qu Mai – Dianthus herb
Quan Xie – Scorpion
Ren Dong Teng – Lonicera stem
Ren Gong Niu Huang – Artificial Bezoar
Ren Shen – Ginseng
Ren Shen Ye – Ginseng leaf
Ren Zhong Bai – Human urine sediment
Rou Cong Rong – Cistanches
Rou Dou Kou – Nutmeg
Rou Gui – Cinnamon
Ru Xiang – Frankincense
Rui Ren – Prinsepia seed
San Leng – Sparganium
San Qi – Notoginseng
San Qi Ye – Notoginseng leaf
Sang Bai Pi – Mulberry bark
Sang Ji Sheng – Mistletoe
Sang Piao Xiao – Praying Mantis Egg Case
Sang Shen Zi – Mulberry
Sang Ye – Mulberry leaf
Sang Zhi – Mulberry twig
Sha Ren – Greater Cardamon
Sha Shen – Glehnia seu Adenophora
Sha Yuan Zi – Astragalus seed
Shan Ci Gu – Cremastra bulb
Shan Dou Gen – Sophora tonkinensis
Shan Ma Ti – Rauwolfia hainanensis root
Shan Pu Tao – Vitis amurensis root
Shan Yao – Chinese Yam
Shan Zha – Hawthorn fruit
Shan Zhu Yu – Cornus fruit
Shang Lu – Poke root
She Chuang Zi – Cnidium seed
She Gan – Belamcanda
She Tui – Snake Slough
She Xiang – Musk
Shen Jin Cao – Lycopodium herb
Shen Qu – Massa Fermentata
Sheng Di Huang – Rehmannia root
Sheng Jiang – fresh Ginger
Sheng Jiang Pi – fresh Ginger peel
Sheng Ma – Cimicifuga root
Shi Chang Pu – Calamus
Shi Di – Persimmon calyx
Shi Gao – Gypsum
Shi Hu – Dendrobium
Shi Jue Ming – Abalone shell
Shi Jun Zi – Quisqualis
Shi Lian Zi – Sinocrassula indica
Shi Liu Pi – Pomegranate peel
Shi Luo – Dill seed
Shi Wei – Pyrrosia
Shu Di Huang – prepared Rehmannia root
Shu Wei Huang – Rostellularia
Shuang Liu Huang – Vernonia patula
Shui Chang Pu – Acorus calamus
Shui Ding Xiang – Ludwigia prostrata
Shui Niu Jiao – Water Buffalo horn
Shui Zhi – Leech
Si Gua Luo – Luffa
Song Guo – Pine kernel
Song Jie – Pine wood
Song Ye – Pine needle
Su Geng – Perilla stem
Su He Xiang – Storax
Su Mu – Sappan wood
Su Zi – Perilla fruit
Suan Zao Ren – Zizyphus spinosa seed
Suo Luo Zi – Aesculum seed
Suo Yang – Cynomorum
Tai Zi Shen – Pseudostellaria
Tan Xiang – Sandalwood
Tao Ren – Peach kernel
Tian Hua Fen – Trichosanthes root
Tian Kui Zi – Semiaquilegia seed
Tian Ma – Gastrodia root
Tian Men Dong – Asparagus root
Tian Nan Xing – Arisaema root
Tian Xian Teng – Aristolochia herb
Tian Zhu Huang – Tabasheer
Ting Li Zi – Lepidium seed
Tong Cao – Tetrapanax pith
Tou Gu Cao – Impatients
Tu Bei Mu – Bolbostemma paniculatum
Tu Fu Ling – China root
Tu Si Zi – Dodder seed
Wa Leng Zi – Arc shell
Wang Bu Liu Xing – Vaccaria seed
Wei Ling Xian – Clematis root
Wu Bei Zi – Galls
Wu Gong – Centipede
Wu Jia Pi – Acanthopanax
Wu Ling Zhi – Flying Squirrel feces
Wu Mei – Mume fruit
Wu Ming Yi – Pyrolusite
Wu Shao She – Zaocys (Snake)
Wu Teng – Lindera twig
Wu Tou – Wild Aconitum root
Wu Wei Zi – Schisandra fruit
Wu Yao – Lindera root
Wu Yi – Elm fruit prepared
Wu Zhu Yu – Evodia seed
Xi Gua – Water melon
Xi Jiao – Rhinoceros horn
Xi Xian Cao – Siegesbeckia herb
Xi Xin – Asarum
Xi Yang Shen – American Ginseng
Xia Ku Cao – Self Heal
Xia Tian Wu – Corydalis decumbens
Xian Feng Cao – Bidentis
Xian He Cao – Agrimony
Xian Mao – Curculigo
Xiang Fu – Cyperus rotundus
Xiang Ru – Elsholtzia seu Mosla
Xiang Si Cao – Eupatorium formosum
Xiang Si Zi – Abrus precatoris
Xiao Hui Xiang – Fennel seed
Xiao Ji – Cirisium
Xiao Mai – Light Wheat
Xie Bai – Allium macrostemon
Xie Cao – Valerian
Xin Yi Hua – Magnolia flower
Xing Ren – Apricot kernel
Xiong Dan – Bear Bile
Xiong Huang – Realgar
Xu Chang Qing – Cynanchum paniculatum
Xu Duan – Dipsacus root
Xuan Fu Hua – Inula flower
Xuan Shen – Scrophularia root
Xue Jie – Dragons Blood
Xue Yu Tan – Burnt human hair
Xun Gu Feng – Aristolochia mollissima
Ya Dan Zi – Brucea fruit
Ya She Huang – Lippia herb
Yan Hu Suo – Corydalis spp.
Yang Qi Shi – Actinolite
Ye Jiao Teng – Polygonum multiflorum stem
Ye Ju Hua – Chrysanthemum Indicum
Ye Ming Sha – Bat feces
Ye Ying Pi – Prunus pseudocerasus
Yi Mu Cao – Motherwort
Yi Tang – Sugar
Yi Tiao Gen – Moghania
Yi Yi Ren – Jobs tears
Yi Zhi Ren – Alpinia oxyphylla
Yi Zhi Xiang – Vernonia cinerea
Yin Chai Hu – Stellaria root
Yin Chen Hao – Artemisia scoparia
Yin Guo Ye – Ginkgo leaf
Yin Yang Huo – Epimedium
Ying Su Ke – Poppy capsule
Yu Bai Fu – Typhonium giganteum
Yu Jin – Curcuma tuber
Yu Li Ren – Bush Cherry seed
Yu Mi Xu – Cornsilk
Yu Xing Cao – Houttuynia
Yu Yu Liang – Limonite
Yu Zhu – Solomans Seal
Yuan Hua – Daphne genkwa flower
Yuan Zhi – Polygala root
Zao Jiao – Gleditsia
Zao Jiao Ci – Gleditsiae spine
Ze Lan – Lycopus
Ze Qi – Euphorbia helioscopia
Ze Xie – Water Plantain root
Zhang Hong Hua – Saffron
Zhang Nao – Camphor
Zhe Bei Mu – Fritillaria thunbergii bulb
Zhen Zhu – Pearl
Zhen Zhu Mu – Mother of Pearl
Zhi Gan Cao – Prepared Licorice root
Zhi Ke – Orange
Zhi Mu – Anemarrhena root
Zhi Shi – Immature Orange
Zhi Zi – Gardenia fruit
Zhong Ru Shi – Stalactite
Zhu Dan – Pig Bile
Zhu Fan Hua Tou – Mirabilis rhizome
Zhu Li – Bamboo juice
Zhu Ling – Polyporus
Zhu Sha – Cinnabar
Zhu Ye – Phyllostachys
Zhu Zi Cao – Euphorbia thymifolia herb
Zi Bei Tian Kui – Semiaquilegia
Zi Cao Gen – Lithospermum
Zi He Che – Placenta
Zi Hua Di Ding – Violet
Zi Ran Tong – Pyrite
Zi Shi Ying – Fluorite
Zi Su Ye – Perilla leaf
Zi Wan – Aster root
Zi Zhu – Callicarpa
Zong Lu Zi – Trachycarpus fruit
Zou Ma Tai – Ardisia rhizome
