Table 4 Ten most commonly prescribed herbs for patients with tuberculosis
Pin-yin name | Chinese Materia Medica name | Botanical name | Indication | Number of person-days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jie-Geng | Radix Platycodonis | Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A.DC | Cough, large amount of sputum, sore throat | 18,779 |
Bei-Mu | Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii | Fritillaria thunbergii Miq. | Lung heat with thick phlegm, cough due to yin deficiency | 18,460 |
Xing-Ren | Semen Armeniacae | Prunus armeniaca L.var. ansu Max | Cough with phlegm, cough in older people or weaker bodies | 14,610 |
Yu-Xing- Cao | Herba Houttuyniae | Houttuynia cordata Thunb. | Fever, Inflammation of the respiratory tract | 8978 |
Gua-Lou- Ren | Semen Trichosanthis | Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim | Hot cough with sticky phlegm | 8905 |
Gan-Cao | Radix Glycyrrhizae | Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch | Lung TB, cough with abundance of phlegm, tired and lack of strength, palpitation and short of breath | 8054 |
Huang-Qin | Radix Scutellariae | Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi | Cough due to heat syndromes, infection, and hemoptysis | 7991 |
Mai-Men-Dong | Radix Ophiopogonis | Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl. | Cough, weakness, consumption, short of breath, heat from yin deficiency | 6934 |
Dan-Shen | Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae | Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. | Restlessness, insomnia, irritability, blood deficiency and blood stasis | 6508 |
Wu-Wei- Zi | Fructus Schisandrae | Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. | Wheezy cough, palpitations, and thirst due to yin deficiency | 6154 |