Chinese name | Latin name | English name | Pharmacological action | Main active ingredient | Original producing area | Medicinal part | Dosage (g) |
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Huang Qi | Astragalus propinquus Schischkin | Radix Astragali | Promotes liver cell growth, anti-liver fibrosis, antiviral, regulates immunity | Astragaloside (I,V, III), calycosin | Neimenggu, China | Rhizome | 12 |
Yin Chen | Artemisia capillaris Thunb. | Virgate wormwood herb, capillary wormwood herb | Lowers blood lipids to treat fatty liver, reduces alcoholic liver damage, inhibits the replication of hepatitis B virus DNA | Capillin, capillene, capillanol, capillarisin, 6, 7-dimethylsculetin | Shanxi, China | Aboveground part of the plant | 12 |
Huang Qin | Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi | Baical skullcap root | Anti-hepatocyte inflammation, anti-hepatocyte apoptosis, anti-hepatocyte mitochondrial lipid peroxidation, regulates immunity | Baicalein, neobaicalein, skullcap flavone II, baicalin, wogonin | Hebei, China | Rhizome | 3 |
Huang Lian | Coptis chinensis Franch. | Coptis root | Anti-hepatocyte mitochondrial lipid peroxidation, inhibits hepatoma cell proliferation, prevents liver fibrosis | Berberine, coptisine, epiberberine, berberrubine, palmatine | Sichuan, China | Tuber root | 3 |
Huang Bai | Platycladus orientalis (Linn.) Franco | Bark of Chinese corktree | Inhibits immune response, selectively inhibits HBAg, anti-inflammatory | Berberine, phellodendrine, magnoflorine, jatrorrhizine, palmatine | Sichuan, China | Dry bark | 3 |
E Zhu | Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. [C. zedoaria Rosc.] | Rhizome curcumae | Inhibits hepatoma cell proliferation, induces apoptosis of liver cancer cells, anti-liver fibrosis | Volatile oil (turmerone, borneol, curcumol), curcumene, curdione, turmeric | Guangxi, China | Tuber root | 6 |
Bie Jia | Trionyx sinensis (Wiegmann) | Turtle shell | Anti-liver fibrosis, promotes immunity, anti-hepatocyte injury | Collagen, Trionyx sinesis polysaccharides, amino acids (aspartic acid, threonine, glutamic acid), calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate | Hubei, China | Carapace | 3 |
Jiao Shan Zha | Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge var. major N.E. Br. | Hawthorn fruit | Lowers cholesterol, anti-bacterial, anti-hypertensive | Epicatechin, quercetin, hyperoside, chlorogenic acid, anthocyanin, ursolic acid | Shandong, China | Fruit | 15 |
Bai Shao | Paeonia lactiflora Pall. | Radix paeoniae alba | Anti-hepatocyte injury, anti-liver fibrosis, anti-fatty liver | Paeoniflorin, oxy-paeoniflorin, benzoylpaeoniflorin, albiflorin, paeoniflorigenone | Anhui, China | Rhizome | 12 |
Ling Xiao Hua | Campsis grandiflora (Thunb.) K. Schum. | Trumpet creeper flower | Anti-oxidation, inhibits thrombosis, anti-inflammatory | Apigenin, β-sitosterol | Jiangsu, China | Flower | 6 |
Bai Zhu | Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz. | Largehead atractylodes rhizome | Inhibits liver cancer cell metastasis, promotes cellular immune function, inhibits the activating of metabolic enzymes | Volatile oil (humulene, β-elemol, α-curcumene, α-atractylone, 3β-acetoxyatractylone), sesquiterpene lactone compounds (atractylenolide, 8β-ethoxyatractylenolide-II), polyacetylene(14-acetyl-12-senecioyl-2E,8Z,10E-atracetylentriol) | Zhejiang, China | Tuber root | 9 |
Fu Ling | Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf. | Tuckahoe | Enhances cellular and humoral immunity, inhibits the DNA synthesis of tumor cells, inhibits hepatocyte necrosis, anti-tumor | Pachymic acid, tumulosic acid, pachymic acid methyl ester, pachy-man, pachymaran | Yunnan, China | Dry sclerotia | 9 |
Chai Hu | Bupleurum chinense DC. | Red thorowax root | Anti-liver fibrosis, inhibits acute liver injury, inhibits proliferation of liver cancer cells, promotes apoptosis of liver cancer cells, anti-liver injury | Volatile oil (pentanoic acid, hexanoic acid, heptanoic acid, 2-heptenoic acid) | Hebei, China | Rhizome | 6 |
Bai Hua She She Cao | Hedyotis diffusa Willd. | Spreading hedyotis herb | Enhances hepatocyte immunogenicity, anti-tumor, inhibits proliferation of liver cancer cells, promotes apoptosis of liver cancer cells | Asperuloside, asperulosidic acid, deacetylasperulosidicacid, geniposidic acid, scandoside | Guangxi, China | Whole plant | 12 |