Table 4. The Frequency of Mostly Used Korean Medicine Herbs from A Total of 32 Formulas. (Alphabetical order if frequencies are identical.)

Herbal name in Latin(Chinese name) Frequency
Radix Glycyrrhizae(甘草) 35
PoriaSclerotium(茯笭) 23
Ledebouriella seseloides(防風) 22
Scutellariae Radix(黃芩) 20
Forsythiae Fructus(連翹) 19
Radix Angelicae gigantis(當歸), Bupleuri Radix(柴胡), Gardeniae Fructus(梔子) 18
Rhizoma Zingiberis(生薑), Radix Paeoniae alba(芍藥), Rehmanniae Radix(地黃) 14
Lonicera japonica(金銀花), Arctii Fructus(牛蒡子), Schizonepetae Spica(荊芥) 13
CnidiiRhizoma(川芎) 12
Platycodonis Radix(桔梗), Fructus Zizyphi(大棗), Atractylodis Rhizoma(蒼朮), Betulae Cortex(樺皮) 10
Radix Astragali(黃芪) 9
Coptidis Rhizoma(黃連) 8
Gypsum Fibrosum(石膏), Trichosanthis Radix(天花粉), Scrophulariae Radix(玄蔘), PhellodendriCortex(黃柏) 7
Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix(丹蔘), Ophiopogonis Radix(麥門冬), Cicadae Periostracum(蟬蛻), Radix Ginseng(人蔘), Magnoliae Cortex(厚朴) 6
Pharbitidis Semen(牽牛子), Cinnamomi Ramulus(桂枝), Dictamni Radicis Cortex(白蘚皮) 5