Table 6. Classification of Herbs in Categories Based on the Textbook of Medical Herbology

Main category frequency Subcategory Herbal name(Scientific name) Frequency
Exterior-releasing drug 4 Wind-cold dispersing 白芷(Angelicae Dahuricae Radix),蔥白(Allii Fistulosi Bulbus),防風(Saposhinikoviae Radix),細辛(Asia Radix),桂枝(Cinnamomi Ramulus) 4
Wind-heat dispersing 升麻(Cimicifugae Rhizoma) 1
Heat-clearing drug 14 Heat-clearing and fire-purging 栀子(Gardeniae Fructus), 石膏(Gypsum),天花粉(Trichosanthis Radix) 4
Heat-clearing and dampness-drying 黃芩(Scutellariae Radix),黃蓮(Forsythiae Fructus),黃柏(Phellodendri Cortex) 9
Heat-clearing and blood-cooling 紫草(Lithosperimi Radix),生地黃(Rehmanniae Radix),赤芍藥(Paeoniae Radix Rubra) 8
Heat-clearing and detoxicating 牛黃(Bezoar Bovis), 白蘞(Ampelopsis Radix), 蒲公英(Taraxaci Herba), 紫花地丁(Violae Herba), 金銀花(Lonicerae Flos) 4
Purging drug 5 Diarrhea-inducing 大黃(Rhei Rhizoma) 5
Aromatic drug for dampness 2 - 蒼朮(Atractylodis Rhizoma) 2
Dampness Draining Diuretic drug 1 Strangury-relieving diuretic 茵蔯蒿(Artemisiae Capillaris Herba) 1
Interior-warming drug 1 - 蜀椒(Zanthoxyli Fructus),附子(Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Radix) 1
Qi-regulating drug 1 - 陳皮(Citri Pericarpium) 1
Hemostatic drug 5 Astringent and hemostatic 白芨(Bletillae Rhizoma) 3
Blood-cooling and hemostatic 側柏葉(Thujae Orientalis Folium),地楡炭(Sanguisorbae Radix) 2
stasis-dispelling and hemostatic 三七(Notoginseng Radix) 3
Blood-activationg and stasis-dispelling drug 11 - 穿山甲(Manitis Squama), 乳香(Olibanum),沒藥(Myrrha), 血竭(Draconis Resina),丹蔘(Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix),紅花(Carthami Flos),益母草(Leonuri Herba),虎杖根(Polygoni Cuspidati Radix),川芎(Cnidii Rhizoma) 11
Liver pacifying drug 4 Liver pacifying and wind extinguishing 蚯蚓(Lumbricus), 全蝎(Scorpio), 蜈蚣(Scolopendra) 3
Liver pacifying and subdue yang 珍珠(Margarita), 牡蠣(Ostreae Concha) 4
Orifice-opening drug 7 - 氷片(Borneolum Syntheticum), 麝香(Moschus) 7
Tranquilizing drug 4 - 合歡皮(Albizziae Cortex), 琥珀(Succinum), 朱砂(Cinnabaris), 龍骨(Fossilia Ossis Mastodi) 4
Tonifying and Replenishing drug 10 Qi-tonifying 人蔘(Ginseng Radix), 黃芪(Astragali Radix), 甘草(Glycyrrhizae Radix), 蜂蜜(Mel) 6
Blood-tonifying 當歸(Angelicae Gigantis Radix), 白芍藥(Paeoniae Radix Alba) 6
Yin-tonifying 龜板(Testudinis Plastrum) 1
Astringent drug 3 Antidiarrheal drug 罌粟殼(Papaveris Fructus Deseminatus), 赤石脂(Halloysitum Rubrum) 2
Essence-securing, urination-reducing and vaginal discharge stanching 白礬(Alumen) 1
External use drug 4 - 硼砂(Borax), 輕粉(Calomelas), 爐甘石(Calamina) 4
Etc - 象皮, 芙蓉 3/1