Chinese Medical Herbs in Pinyin

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A
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
a¹ pian⁴	AP	Papaver somniferum L.
a¹ wei⁴	AW	Ferula sinkiangensis KM.Shen Ferula fukanensis KM.Shen
ai³ di⁴ cha²	ADC	Ardisia japonica (Hornst.) Bl.
ai⁴ ye⁴	AY	Artemisiae Argyi, Folium

B
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
ba¹ dou⁴	BD	Croton Tiglii, Semen
ba¹ ji³ tian¹	BJT	Morindae Officinalis, Radix
bai² dou⁴ kou⁴	BDK	Amomi Kravanh, Fructus
bai² fu⁴ zi³	BFZ	Typhonii Gigantei, Rhizoma
bai² gou³	BG	Ginkgo Bilobae, Semen
bai² gou³ ye⁴	BGY	Ginkgo Bilobae, Leaf
bai³ bu⁴	BB	Stemonae, Radix
bai² ji² li	BJL	Tribuli Terrestris, Fructus
bai² ji²	BJ	Bletillae Striatae, Rhizoma
bai² hua¹ she², she² cao³	BHSSC	Hedyotidis Diffusae, Herba
bai⁴ jiang⁴ cao³	BJC	Patriniae, Herba cum Radice
bai² jie⁴ zi³	BJZ	Sinapis Albae, Semen
bai² mao² gen¹	BMG	Imperatae Cylindricae, Rhizoma
bai² qian²	BQ	Cynanchi Baiqian, Radix Et Rhizoma
bai² shao² yao⁴	BSY	Paeoniae Lactiflorae, Raidx
bai² tou² weng¹	BTW	Pulsatillae Chinensis, Radix
bai² xian¹ pi²	BXP	Dictamni Dasycarpi Radicis, Cortex
bai² zhi³	BZ	Angelicae Dahuricae, Radix
bai² zhu²	BZh	Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Rhizoma
bai² zi³ ren²	BZR	Biotae Orientalis, Semen
bai³ he²	BH	Lilii, Bulbus
bai³ wei⁴	BW	Cynanchi Baiwei, Radix
ban³ lan² gen¹	BLG	Isatidis seu Baphicacanthi, Radix
ban¹ mao²	BM	Mylabirs cichoii, L.
ban⁴ xia⁴	BX	Pinelliae Ternatae, Rhizoma
bian³ dou⁴	BD	Dolichoris Lablab, Semen
bian³ xu⁴	BXu	Polygoni Avicularis, Herba
bie¹ jia³	BJ	Amydae Sinensis, Carapax
bi⁴ xie⁴	BXi	Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae, Rhizoma
bin¹ lang²	BL	Arecae Catechu, Semen
bing¹ pian⁴	BP	Borneol
bo⁴ he²	BHe	Menthae Haplocalycis, Herba
bu³ gu³ zhi¹	BGZ	Psoraleae Corylifoliae, Fructus

C
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
can²	Cn	Bombyx mori L.
can² sha¹	CS	Bombycis Mori, Excrementum
cang¹ er³ zi³	CEZ	Xanthii Sibirici, Fructus
cang¹ zhu²	CZ	Atractylodis, Rhizoma
cao³ dou⁴ kou⁴	CDK	Alpiniae Katsumadai, Semen
cao³ guo³	CG	Amomi Tsae-ko, Fructus
ce⁴ bai³ ye⁴	CBY	Biotae Orientalis, Cacumen
chai² hu²	CH	Bupleuri, Radix
chan² tui⁴	CD	Cicadae, Periostracum
che¹ qian² zi³	CQZ	Plantaginis, Semen
chen² pi²	CP	Citri Reticulatae, Pericarpium
chen² xiang¹	CX	Aquilariae, Lignum
chi⁴ shao² yao⁴	CSY	Paeoniae Rubrae, Radix
chi⁴ xiao³ dou⁴	CXD	Phaseoli Calcarati, Semen
chuan¹ bei⁴ mu³	CBM	Fritillariae Cirrhosae, Bulbus
chuan¹ jiao¹	CJ	Zanthoxyli Bungeani, Pericarpium
chuan¹ lian⁴ zi³	CLZ	Meliae Toosendan, Fructus
chuan¹ xiong¹	CX	Ligustici Chuanxiong, Radix
ci² shi²	CS	Magnetitum
cong¹ bai²	CB	Allii Fistulosi, Bulbus

D
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
da⁴ feng¹ zi³	DFZ	Hydnocarpus alpina, Weight.
da⁴ fu⁴ pi²	DFP	Arecae Catechu, Pericarpium
da⁴ huang²	DH	Radix et Rhizoma Rhei
da⁴ ji⁴	DJ	Cirsii Japonici, Herba seu Radix
da⁴ qing¹ ye⁴	DQY	Folium
da⁴ suan⁴	DS	Allii Sativa, Bulbus
da⁴ zao³	DZ	Zizyphi Jujubae, Fructus
dai⁴ zhe³ shi²	DZS	Haematitum
dan⁴ dou⁴ chi³	DDC	Sojae Praeparatum, Semen
dan¹ shen¹	DS	Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix
dan⁴ zhu² ye⁴	DZY	Lophatheri Gracilis, Herba
dang¹ gui¹	DG	Angelicae Sinensis, Radix
dang³ shen¹	DSh	Codonopsitis Pilosulae, Radix
di⁴ dan³ cao³	DDC	Cirsium ovalifolium, Fr. et Sav.
di⁴ fu¹ zi³	DFZi	Kochiae Scopariae, Fructus
di⁴ gu³ pi²	DGP	Lycii Radicis, Cortex
di⁴ long²	DL	Lumbricus
di⁴ yu²	DY	Sanguisorbae Officinalis, Radix
ding¹ xiang¹	DX	Caryophylli, Flos
dong¹ chong² xia⁴ cao³	DCXC	Cordyceps Sinensis
dong¹ gua¹ pi²	DGP	Benincasae Hispidae, Epicarpium
dong¹ kui² zi³	DKZ	Malva verticillata, L.
dong¹ ling² cao³	DLC	rabdosia rubescens (Hemsl.) S.Y. Wu et Hsuen
dou⁴ ban¹ mao²	DBM	Epicantha gorhami, Marseul.
du² huo²	DH	Angelicae Pubescentis, Radix
du⁴ zhong⁴	DZh	Eucommiae Ulmoidis, Cortex

E
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
e¹ jiao¹	EJ	Asini, Gelatinum Corii
e² zhu²	EZ	Curcumae Ezhu, Rhizoma

F
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
fan¹ hong² hua¹	FHH	Carthamus tinctorius L.
fan¹ xie⁴ ye⁴	FXY	Folium Sennae
fang² feng¹	FF	Ledebouriellae Divaricatae, Radix
fang² ji³	FJ	Aristolochiae Fangchi, Radix
feng¹ mi⁴	FM	Honey
fo² shou³	FS	Citri Sarcodactylis, Fructus
fu² ling²	FL	Poriae Cocos, Sclerotium
fu² xiao³ mai⁴	FXM	Tritici Aestivi Levis, Semen
fu⁴ zi³	FZ	Aconiti Carmichaeli Praeparata

G
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
gan¹ cao³	GC	Glycyrrhizae Uralensis, Radix
gan¹ jiang¹	GJ	Zingiberis Officinalis, Rhizoma
gan¹ sui²	GS	Euphorbiae Kansui, Radix
gao² ben³	GB	Ligustici, Rhizoma et Radix
gao¹ liang² jiang¹	GLJ	Alpiniae Officinari, Rhizoma
ge² jie⁴	GJi	Gecko
gou³ qi³ zi³	GQZ	Lycii, Fructus
gou¹ teng²	GT	Uncariae cum uncis, Ramulus
gua¹ lou³	GL	Trichosanthis, Fructus
gui¹ ban³	GB	Testudinis, Plastrum
gui⁴ zhi¹	GZ	Cinnamomi Cassiae, Ramulus

H
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
hai² er² cha²	HEC	Acaciae seu Uncariae, Pasta
hai³ jin¹ sha¹	HJS	Lygodii Japonici, Herba
hai³ tong² pi²	HTP	Erythrinae, Cortex
hai³ zao³	HZ	Sargassii, Herba
han⁴ fang² ji³	HFJ	Stephaniae Tetrandrae, Radix
han⁴ lian² cao³	HLC	Ecliptae Prostratae, Herba
he² huan¹ pi²	HHP	Albizziae Julibrissin, Cortex
he² shou³ wu¹	HSW	Polygoni Multiflori, Radix
hei¹ zhi¹ ma	HZM	Sesami Indici, Semen
hong² hua¹	HH	Carthami Tinctorii, Flos
hou⁴ po⁴	HP	Magnoliae Officinalis, Cortex
hu² huang² lian¹	HHL	Picrorhizae, Rhizoma
hu² jiao¹	HJ	Piperis Nigri, Fructus
hu³ po⁴	HPo	Succinum
hu² tao² ren²	HTR	Juglandis Regiae, Semen
hua¹ jiao¹	HJ	Zanthoxyli Bungeani, Pericarpium
hua² shi²	HS	Talcum
huai² hua¹ mi³	HHM	Sophorae Japonicae Immaturus, Flos
huang² bai³	HB	Phellodendri, Cortex
huang² jing¹	HJ	Polygonati, Rhizoma
huang² lian²	HL	Coptidis, Rhizoma
huang² qi²	HQi	Astragali Membranacei, Radix
huang² qin²	HQ	Scutellariae Baicalensis, Radix
huo³ ma² ren²	HMR	Cannabis Sativae, Semen
huo⁴ xiang¹	HX	Agastaches seu Pogostemi, Herba

J
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
ji¹ nei⁴ jin¹	JNJ	Corneum Gigeriae Galli, Endothelium
ji¹ xue⁴ teng²	JXT	Jixuetend, Radix et Caulis
jiang¹ can²	JC	Bombyx Baytryticatus
jiang¹ huang²	JH	Curcumae Longae, Rhizoma
jie² geng¹	JG	Platycodi Grandiflori, Radix
jin¹ qian² cao³	JQC	Lysimachiae, Herba
jin¹ yin² hua¹	JYH	Lonicerae Japonicae, Flos
jin¹ ying¹ zi³	JYZ	Rosae Laevigatae, Fructus
jing¹ jie⁴	JJ	Schizonepetae Tenuifoliae, Herba seu Flos
ju² hua¹	JH	Chrysanthemi Morifolii, Flos

K
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
ku³ shen¹	KS	Sophorae Flavescentis, Radix
kuan³ dong¹ hua¹	KDH	Tussilaginis Farfarae, Flos
kun¹ bu⁴	KB	Algae, Thallus

L
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
lai² fu² zi³	LFZ	Raphani Sativi, Semen
lian² qiao²	LQ	Forsythiae Suspensae, Fructus
lian² zi³	LZ	Nelumbinis Nuciferae, Semen
ling² yang² jiao³	LYJ	Antelopis, Cornu
liu² huang²	LH	Sulphur
liu² ji⁴ nu²	LJN	Artemisiae Anomalae, Herba
long² yan³ rou⁴	LYR	Euphoriae Longanae, Arillus
long² dan³ cao³	LDC	Gentianae Longdancao, Radix
long² gu³	LGu	Draconis, Os
lu² gen¹	LG	Phragmitis Communis, Rhizoma
lu² hui⁴	LH	Herba Aloes
lu⁴ rong²	LR	Cervi Parvum, Cornu

M
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
ma³ bo²	MB	Lasiosphaerae seu Calvatiae, Fructificatio
ma³ chi³ xian⁴	MCX	Portulacae Oleraceae, Herba
ma³ dou¹ ling²	MDL	Aristolochiae, Fructus
ma³ huang² gen¹	MHG	Ephedrae, Radix
ma³ huang²	MH	Hirudo seu Whitmania
ma³ qian² zi³	MQZ	Strychni, Semen
mai⁴ men² dong¹	MYD	Ophiopogonis Japonici, Tuber
mai⁴ ya²	MYa	Hordei Vulgaris Germinantus
man⁴ jing¹ zi³	MJZ	Viticis, Fructus
mang² xiao¹	MX	Mirabilitum
mi⁴ meng² hua¹	MMH	Buddleiae Officinalis Immaturus
ming² fan²	MF	Alumen
mo⁴ yao⁴	MY	Myrrha
mu³ dan¹ pi²	MDP	Moutan Radicis, Cortex
mu⁴ fang² ji³	MFJ	Aristolochiae Fangchi, Radix
mu⁴ gua¹	MG	Chaenomelis, Fructus
mu³ li⁴	ML	Ostreae, Concha
mu⁴ tong¹	MT	Mutong, Caulis
mu⁴ xiang¹	MX	Aucklandiae Lappae, Radix
mu⁴ zei²	MZ	Equiseti Hiemalis, Herba

N
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
nan² gua¹ zi³	NGZ	Cucurbitae Moschatae, Semen
niu² bang⁴ zi³	NBZ	Arctii Lappae, Fructus
niu² xi¹	NX	Achyranthis Bidentatae, Radix
nu³ zhen¹ zi³	NZZ	Ligustri Lucidi, Fructus

P
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
pei⁴ lan²	PL	Eupatorii Fortunei, Herba
pi² pa¹ ye⁴	PPY	Eriobotryae Japonicae, Folium
pu² gong¹ ying¹	PGY	Taraxaci Mongolici cum Radice
pu² huang²	PH	Typhae, Pollen

Q
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
qian⁴ cao³ gen¹	QCG	Rubiae Cordifoliae, Radix
qian² hu²	QHu	Peucedani, Radix
qian⁴ shi²	QS	Euryales Ferocis, Semen
qiang¹ huo²	QH	Notopterygii, Rhizome et Radix
qin² jiao¹	QJ	Gentianae Qinjiao, Radix
qin² pi²	QP	Fraxini, Cortex
qing¹ dai⁴	QD	Indigo Pulverata Levis
qing¹ hao¹	QHa	Artemisiae Annuae, Herba
qing¹ pi²	QPi	Citri Reticulatae Viride, Pericarpium
qing¹ xiang¹	QX	Celosiae Argenteae, Semen
qu² mai⁴	QM	Dianthi, Herba
quan² xie¹	QXi	Buthus Martensi

R
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
ren² shen¹	RS	Ginseng, Radix
rou⁴ cong² rong²	RCR	Cistanches Deserticolae, Herba
rou⁴ dou⁴ kou⁴	RDC	Myristicae Fragrantis, Semen
rou⁴ gui⁴	RG	Cinnamomi Cassiae, Cortex
ru³ xiang¹	RX	Olibanum, Gummi

S
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
san¹ leng²	SL	Sparganii Stoloniferi, Rhizoma
san¹ qi¹	SQ	Notoginseng, Radix
sang¹ bai² pi²	SBP	Mori Albae Radicis, Cortex
sang¹ ji² sheng¹	SJS	Sangjisheng, Ramulus
sang¹ piao¹ xiao¹	SPX	Mantidid, Oothece
sang¹ ye⁴	SY	Mori Albae, Folium
sang¹ zhi¹	SZ	Mori Albae, Ramulus
sha¹ ren²	SR	Amomi, Fructus
sha¹ shen¹	SS	Adenophorae seu Glehniae, Radix
sha¹ yuan⁴ zi³	SYZ	Astragali Complanati, Semen
shan¹ yao⁴	SY	Dioscoreae Oppositae, Radix
shan¹ zha¹	SZ	Crataegi, Fructus
she² chuang² zi³	SCZ	Cnidii Monnieri, Fructus
she⁴ gan¹	SG	Belamcandae Chinensis, Rhizoma
shen² qu¹	SQ	Massa Fermentata
sheng¹ di⁴ huang²	SDH	Rehmanniae Glutinosae, Radix
sheng¹ jiang¹	SJ	Zingiberis Officinalis Recens, Rhizoma
sheng¹ ma²	SM	Cimicifugae, Rhizoma
shi² chang¹ pu²	SCP	Acori Graminei, Rhizoma
shi² gao¹	SG	Gypsum
shi² hu²	SH	Dendrobii, Herba
shi² jue² ming²	SJM	Haliotidis, Concha
shi³ jun¹ zi³	SJZ	Quisqualis Indicae, Fructus
shi² liu² pi²	SLP	Punicae Granati, Pericarpium
shi² wei³	SW	Pyrrosiae, Folium
shu² di⁴ huang²	SDHa	Rehmanniae Glutinosae Conquitae
shui³ zhi⁴	SZh	Hirudo seu Whitmania
si¹ gua¹ luo⁴	SGL	Vascularis Luffae, Fasciculus
su¹ mu⁴	SM	Sappan Lignum
su¹ zi³	SZi	Perillae Frutescentis, Fructus
suan¹ zao³ ren²	SZR	Zizphi Spinosae, Semen
suo³ yang²	SY	Cynomorii Songarici, Herba

T
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
tai⁴ zi³ shen¹	TZS	Pseudostellariae Heterophyllae, Radix
tan² xiang¹	TX	Santali Albi, Lignum
tao² ren²	TR	Persicae, Semen
tian¹ hua¹ fen³	THF	Trichosanthis Kirilowii, Radix
tian¹ ma²	TM	Gastrodiae Elatae, Rhizoma
tian¹ men² dong¹	TMD	Asparagi Cochinchinensis, Tuber
ting² li⁴ zi³	TLZ	Descurainiae seu Lepidii, Semen
tu³ si¹ zi³	TSZ	Cuscutae Chinensis, Semen

W
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
wang² bu⁴ liu² xing¹	WBLX	Vaccariae Segetalis, Semen
wei¹ ling² xian¹	WLX	Clematidis, Radix
wu¹ mei²	WM	Pruni Mume, Fructus
wu¹ yao⁴	WY	Linderae Strychnifoliae, Radix
wu² gong¹	WG	Scolopendra Subspinipes
wu² zhu¹ yu²	WZY	Evodiae Rutaecarpae, Fructus
wu³ bei⁴ zi³	WBZ	Rhois Chinensis, Galla
wu³ jia¹ pi²	WJP	Acanthopanacis Gracilistyli Radicis, Cortex
wu³ ling² zhi¹	WLZ	Trogopteri seu Pteromi, Excrementum
wu³ wei⁴ zi³	WWZ	Schisandrae Chinensis, Fructus

X
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
xi¹ yang² shen¹	XYS	Panacis Quinquefolii, Radix
xi⁴ xin¹	XX	Asari, herba cum Radice
xia⁴ ku¹ cao³	XKC	Prunellae Bulgaris, Spica
xian¹ he⁴ cao³	XHC	Agrimoniae Pilosae, Herba
xian¹ mao²	XM	Curculiginis Orchioidis, Rhizoma
xiang¹ fu⁴	XF	Cyperi Rotundi, Rhizoma
xiang¹ ru²	XR	Elsholtziae seu Moslae, Herba
xiao³ hui² xiang¹	XHX	Foeniculi Bulgaris, Fructus
xiao³ ji⁴	XJ	Cephalanoplos, Herba
xin¹ yi² hua¹	XYH	Magnoliae, Flos
xing⁴ ren²	XR	Pruni Armeniacae, Semen
xu⁴ duan⁴	XD	Dipsaci Asperi, Radix
xuan² fu⁴ hua¹	XFH	Inulae, Flos
xuan² shen¹	XS	Scrophulariae Ningpoensis, Radix
xue⁴ jie²	XJ	Draconis, Sanguis

Y
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
yan² hu² suo³	YHS	Corydalis Yanhusuo, Rhizoma
ye⁴ jiao¹ teng²	YJT	Polygoni Multiflori, Caulis
ye³ ju² hua¹	YJH	Chrysanthemi Indici, Flos
yi⁴ yi³ ren²	YYR	Coicis Lachryma-jobi, Semen
yi⁴ zhi⁴ ren²	YZR	Alpiniae Oxyphyllae, Fructus
yin¹ chen² hao¹	YCH	Artemisiae Yinchenhao, Herba
yin¹ yang² huo⁴	YYH	Epimedii, Herba
yu⁴ jin¹	YJ	Curcumae, Tuber
yu⁴ li³ ren²	YLR	Pruni, Semen
yu⁴ mi³ xu¹	YMX	Zeae Mays, Stylus
yi⁴ mu³ cao³	YMC	Leonuri Heterophylli, Herba
yu² xing¹ cao³	YXC	Houttuyniae Cordatae, Herba
yu⁴ zhu²	YZ	Polygonati Odorati, Rhizoma
yuan² hua¹	YH	Daphnes Genkwa, Flos
yuan³ zhi⁴	YZ	Polygalae Tenuifoliae, Radix

Z
PinYin	Abbr.	Latin
zao⁴ jiao³ ci⁴	ZJC	Gleditsiae Sinensis, Spina
ze² xie⁴	ZX	Alismatis Orientalis, Rhizoma
zhi⁴ ke²	ZK	Citri Aurantii, Fructus
zhi¹ mu³	ZM	Anemarrhenae Asphodeloidis, Rhizoma
zhi³ shi²	ZSh	Citri Aurantii, Fructus Immaturus
zhi¹ zi³	ZZ	Gardeniae Jasminoidis, Fructus
zhu¹ ling²	ZL	Polypori Umbellati, Sclerotium
zhu² ru²	ZR	Bambusae in Taeniis, Caulis
zhu¹ sha¹	ZS	Cinnabaris
zi³ hua¹ di⁴ ding¹	ZHDD	Violae Yedoensitis, Herba cum Radice
zi³ su¹ ye⁴	ZSY	Perillae Frutescentis, Fructus
zi³ wan³	ZW	Asteris Tatarici, Radix

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