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Pharmaceutical Names of Herbs
Translated by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu 按此看中文
Pharmaceutical names of herbs come from the derivations of botanical names. The pharmaceutical names are made by adding a, e, i, icis and cis to the end of the botanical names:
Botanical names that end with a: add e
Botanical names that end with n: add e
Botanical names that end with um: replace um with i
Botanical names that end with us: replace us with i
Botanical names that end with ex: add icis
Botanical names that end with x: add cis
Examples:
Parts of Plants | Pharmaceutical Names | Botanical Names |
Roots | Radix Angelicae dahuricae | Angelica dahurica (Fisc.)Benth. et Hook. f. orAngelica dahurica (Fish.) ex Hook. f. var. Angelica taiwaniana (Boiss.) Shan et Yuan |
Roots | Radix Platycodi | Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A. DC. |
Underground stems | Rhizoma cimicifugae | Cimicifuga foetida, L. var, intermedia, Regel |
Bulbs | Pseudobulbus Cremastrae seu Pleione | Cremastra variabilis (Bl.) Nakai Cremastra appendiculate Pleione bulbocodioides |
Whole plants | Herba Artemisiae annuae | Artemisia annua |
Leaves | Folium Perillae | Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. |
Flowers | Flos Chrysanthemi | Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat. |
Branches | Ramulus Cinnamomi | Cinnamomum cassia Blume |
Medulla | Medulla Tetrapanacis | TTetrapanax papyriferus (Hook.) K .Koch |
Fruits | Fructus Viticis | Vitex rotundifolia Linn. Vitex trifolia Linn |
Seed | Semen Cassiae | Cassia tora, L.; Cassia obtusifolia L |
Wooden part | Lignum Santali albi | Santalum album |
Oil | Oleum Sesami | Sesamum orientale Linn. |
Source of information: Chamber of Seed Research, Taiwan University, Taiwan, Republic of China.
生藥名稱的解釋
植物類藥品名稱是演變自植物學名。藥品名稱由通過添加，E，I，ICIS，CIS 到的植物學名稱的末尾：
植物的名字的結尾是 a：加 上e
植物的名稱的結尾是 n：加上 e
植物的名稱的結尾是 um：去掉 um 而代之以 i
植物的名稱的結尾是 us: 去掉 us, 而代之以 i
植物的名稱的結尾是ex：加 icis
植物的名稱的結尾是 x：加 cis
例如：
植物部分 | 藥名 | 植物學名 |
根 | Radix Angelicae dahuricae | Angelica dahurica (Fisc.)Benth. et Hook. f. orAngelica dahurica (Fish.) ex Hook. f. var. Angelica taiwaniana (Boiss.) Shan et Yuan |
根 | Radix Platycodi | Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A. DC. |
地下莖 | Rhizoma Cimicifugae | Cimicifuga foetida, L. var, intermedia, Regel |
鱗莖 | Pseudobulbus Cremastrae seu Pleione | Cremastra variabilis (Bl.) Nakai Cremastra appendiculate Pleione bulbocodioides |
全株 | Herba Artemisiae annuae | Artemisia annua L. |
葉 | Folium Perillae | Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. |
花 | Flos Chrysanthemi Morifolii | Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat. |
樹枝 | Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae | Cinnamomum cassia Blume |
木髓 | Medulla Tetrapanacis | Tetrapanax papyriferus (Hook.) K .Koch |
果 | Fructus Viticis | Vitex rotundifolia Linn. （單葉蔓荊） Vitex trifolia Linn （三葉蔓荊） |
種子 | Semen Cassiae | Cassia tora, L.; Cassia obtusifolia L |
木質部 | Lignum Santali albi | Santalum album L. |
油 | Oleum Sesami | Sesamum orientale Linn. |
