Chinese name | English name | Botanical name | Species name | Family | Part used | Ratio |
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Dan Shen | root of red-rooted salvia | Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge | Radix et Rhizoma salviae miltiorrhizae | Lamiaceae | Rhizome and Root | 20 |
Tan Xiang | sandalwood | Santalum album L | Lignum santalialbi | Santalaceae | Heartwood | 6 |
Chuan Xiong | Ligusticum wallichii | Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort | Rhizoma chuanxiong | Umbelliferae | Rhizome | 6 |
Dang Gui | Angelica sinensis | Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels | Radix angelicae sinensis | Umbelliferae | Root | 6 |
Hong Hua | safflower | Carthamus tinctorius L | Flos carthami | Compositae | Flos | 6 |
Chi Shao | radix paeoniae rubrathe root of common peony | Paeonia veitchii Lynch | Radix paeoniae rubra | Paeoniaceae | Root | 10 |
Sheng Di Huang | Glutinous rehmannia | Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch. ex Fisch. et Mey | Radix rehmanniae | Scrophulariaceae | Root tuber | 12 |