ENGLISH NAMES OF CHINESE HERBS

CHINESE NAMES OF HERBSchinese names of herbs

Below is a list of English Names of Chinese Herbs commonly used by the Chinese Physicians in Singapore.

Consult your physicain before consuming any herbs. Do not self-medicate!

Atractylodes rhizome 苍术 cangzhu
Cape Jasmine fruit 桅子 zhizi
Cassia bark 肉桂 rougui
Chinese angelica 当桂 danggui
Chinese taxillus herb 桑寄生 sangjisheng
Codonopsis root 党参 dangshen
Common burrreed tuber 三棱 sanling
Common monkshood mother root 川鸟 chuanwu
Divaricate saposhnikovia root 防风 fangfeng
Double teeth pubescent angelica root 独活 duhuo
Eucommia bark 杜仲 duzhong
Himalayan teasel root 续断 xuduan
Incised notopteryglum rhizome 羌活 qianghuo
Indian bread 茯苓 fuling
Largehead atractylodes rhizome 白术 baizhu
Largeleaf gentian root 秦艽 qinqiao
Manchurian wildginger 细辛 xixin
Medicinal cyathula root 川牛膝 chuanniuxi
Milkvetch root 黄芪 huangqi
Peach seed 桃仁 taoren
Processed rehmannia root 孰地黄 shudihuang
Red sage root 丹参 danshen
Rice bean 赤小豆 chixiaodou
Safflower 红花 honghua
Sichuan lovage rhizome 川芎 chuanxiong
Suberect spatholobus stem 鸡血藤 jisueteng
Weeping forsythia capsule 连翘 lianqiao
White peony root 白芍 baishao

Stay healthy !