A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials—A Collector’s Edition!


Release Date:

2021-07-13

A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials—A Collector’s Edition!

Authentic medicinal materials represent a unique, comprehensive standard for evaluating the quality of high-grade Chinese medicinal herbs that originated in ancient times; they also serve as a distinctive, integrated criterion for quality control in the field of Chinese pharmacology. It is generally believed that: Authentic medicinal materials “refers to Chinese medicinal materials that have been rigorously selected through long-term clinical application in traditional Chinese medicine, are produced in specific geographic regions, exhibit superior quality and therapeutic efficacy compared with the same species of medicinal materials grown in other regions, demonstrate consistent quality, and enjoy high recognition.”

Commonly Used Authentic Medicinal Materials
Types Main producing area Specific Chinese medicinal materials

1. Sichuan Medicine

Sichuan, Tibet, etc.

Fritillaria cirrhosa Chuanxiong Coptis Aconite Aconite , Ophiopogon, Salvia miltiorrhiza Dried Ginger Angelica dahurica Tianma Chuan Niuxi Melia toosendan , Melia toosendan bark, Dipsacus asperoides, Sichuan pepper, Phellodendron bark Houpu , Herba Lysimachiae, Galla Chinensis, Cordyceps sinensis, musk, and others
2 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical (South Pharmaceutical) Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, and Taiwan Yangchun Sand Patchouli , Guang Jinqiancao, benefit Wisdom and benevolence Dried Tangerine Peel , Sophora root, gecko, Cinnamon , Curcuma wenyujin, Sappan wood, Morinda officinalis , galangal, star anise, Citrus grandis peel , camphor, cinnamon twig, Areca nut Wait
3 cloud medicine Yunnan Three-seven Agarwood Paris polyphylla , Poria, Rauvolfia, Terminalia, Amomum tsao-ko Strychnos seeds Catechu Wait

4. Expensive medicine

Guizhou

Asparagus Tianma Polygonatum Eucommia Evodia rutaecarpa , gallnuts, Cinnabar Wait

5. Medicinal Herbs

Henan

The Four Great Huai Medicinals ”— Rehmannia Achyranthes Chinese yam Chrysanthemum ; as well as Hedyotis diffusa, Trichosanthes kirilowii, Angelica dahurica, Magnolia biondii, Carthamus tinctorius, Lonicera japonica, Cornus officinalis, and others.

6. Zhejiang Pharmaceutical

Zhejiang

Eight Flavors of Xizhou ”— Fritillaria thunbergii Atractylodes Corydalis Warm Turmeric Scrophularia Hangzhou White Peony Hangzhou Chrysanthemum Hang Ophiopogon ; and Cornus fruit Curcuma, Angelica dahurica, Gardenia, Black Plum, and Chinese Rat Snake, among others.

7. Closing the medicine cabinet

North of Shanhaiguan, the three northeastern provinces, and eastern Inner Mongolia

Ginseng Deer antler Asarum , Liaoning Schisandra, Windproof Guan Huangbo Gentian , Fritillaria cirrhosa, Acanthopanax senticosus, Cimicifuga heracleifolia, Platycodon grandiflorus, toad oil, Licorice , Ephedra, Astragalus, Red Peony Root, Atractylodes, and others

8. Northern Medicine

Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, and central Inner Mongolia

Codonopsis , Ziziphus jujuba seed, Bupleurum , Angelica dahurica, Glehnia root, Isatis root, Large Green Leaf Indigo , Scutellaria, Cyperus rotundus, Anemarrhena, Hawthorn, Honeysuckle , Forsythia, Peach Kernel, Bitter Almond, Coix Seed, Fennel Seed, Jujube, Periploca forrestii Bark, Ejiao , whole scorpion, earth beetle, talc, ochre, etc.

9. South China Pharmaceutical

South of the Yangtze River and north of the Nanling Mountains (including Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, and other provinces).

Aconite and Atractylodes, Nansha Shen Prince Ginseng , Codonopsis pilosula, Citrus aurantium fruit Citrus aurantium peel , Moutan Bark, Papaya , black plum, mugwort leaf, peppermint, turtle shell, soft-shelled turtle shell, toad venom, centipede, Chinese rat snake, gypsum, alisma, Lotus seed Polygonatum Wait

10. Northwest medicine

The vast region west of Xi’an, the starting point of the “Silk Road” (including Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, and western Inner Mongolia)

Rhubarb Angelica , Qin Jiao, Qin Pi, Notopterygium Goji berries ,银柴胡,党参, Lithospermum Asafoetida Wait

11. hide medicine

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region

Cordyceps Snow Lotus Fritillaria cirrhosa Rhodiola , as well as Gansong, Hu Huanglian, Tibetan Wood Fragrance, Tibetan Acorus, Emblica, Terminalia chebula, musk, and others.

All over the country Major Chinese medicinal materials grown in provinces and cities (province/city By first letter Sort)

 

Anhui

Prince’s Ginseng, Southern Sand Ginseng, Cornus leaves, Lotus stamens, Prunella (sphere), Ligustrum fruit, Peony, Lysimachia, Asarum, Epimedium, Houttuynia, Peony, Isatis indigotica, Stemona, Smilax glabra, Atractylodes, Pinellia, Angelica pubescens, Platycladus orientalis, Papaya Peucedanum praeruptorum, Eucommia ulmoides, Lysimachia christinae, Honeysuckle, Ampelopsis japonica, Cynanchum atratum, Smilax glabra, Pueraria lobata, Rubia cordifolia, Aristolochia debilis, Sanguisorba officinalis, Stephania tetrandra, Artemisia argyi, Sparganium stoloniferum, Phytolacca acinosa, Belamcanda chinensis, Gastrodia elata, Lindera aggregata, Cyperus rotundus, Polygonatum sibiricum, Crataegus pinnatifida, Polygonatum odoratum, Aster tataricus, Piper betle, Rosa laevigata, Ziziphus jujuba, Morus alba, Lepidium sativum, Perilla frutescens, Albizzia cortex, Lophatherum gracile, Chrysanthemum indicum, Lobelia chinensis, Cirsium japonicum, Potentilla discolor, Testudinis carapax, Rana chensinensis, Scolopendra subspinipes, and others.

 

Beijing

Motherwort, Polygonatum, Scutellaria, Anemarrhena, Atractylodes, Ziziphus jujuba, Dianthus superbus, Bupleurum, Polygala, and others.

 

Chongqing

Pinellia, Ophiopogon, Coptis, Eucommia, Magnolia bark, Fagopyrum dibotrys, Curculigo orchioides, and others.

 

Fujian

Prince Ginseng, Sour Orange, Longan, Andrographis, Alisma , black plum, trichosanthes fruit, rubus fruit, magnolia bark, drynaria rhizome, polygonum cuspidatum, cibotium barometz, morinda root, and others.

 

Guangdong

Amomum villosum, cinnamon, Amomum villosum var. xanthioides, Alpinia oxyphylla, Morinda officinalis, Terminalia chebula, Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis, Citrus reticulata, Citrus maxima from Huazhou, Curculigo orchioides, Polygonum multiflorum, Lindera aggregata, Pogostemon cablin, Stephania tetrandra, Amomum kravanh, Andrographis paniculata, and others.

 

Guangxi

Dendrobium, Evodia rutaecarpa, Siraitia grosvenorii, Desmodium styracifolium, Abrus cantoniensis, Curcuma zedoaria, Asparagus cochinchinensis, Curcuma wenyujin, Euphorbia pekinensis, Cinnamomum cassia, Drynaria fortunei, Smilax glabra, Trichosanthes kirilowii, Poria cocos, Polygonum multiflorum, Illicium verum, Pueraria lobata, and others.

 

Gansu

Notopterygium, Gentiana macrophylla, Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus, Cynomorium songaricum, Angelica , rhubarb, licorice, poria, anemarrhena, nine-section calamus, ephedra, polygala, goji berries, and others.

 

Guizhou

Pinellia, Evodia, Arisaema, Qian Dangshen, Chuan Niuxi, He Shou Wu, Bai Ji, Epimedium, Phellodendron, Magnolia Bark, Atractylodes, Ophiopogon, Lily, Uncaria, Dipsacus, Chrysanthemum, Chinese Yam, Trichosanthes, Phellodendron, Platycodon, Gentian, Peucedanum, Paeoniae Radix, Prunella, American Ginseng, Tetrapanax, Belamcanda, Black Plum, Papaya, Notoginseng, Dendrobium, Xanthium Seed, Honeysuckle, Southern Solomon’s Seal, Turmeric, Tianma Eucommia bark, Asparagus root, Polygonatum rhizome, Poria mushroom, Peach kernel, Stemona tuber, Curculigo orchioides, Scutellaria baicalensis, Aconitum carmichaelii, Polygonatum odoratum, Red peony root, Gentiana macrophylla, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Alisma plantago-aquatica, Angelica pubescens, Poria mushroom, White peony root, Angelica dahurica, Coptis chinensis, Scrophularia ningpoensis, Rheum palmatum, Gardenia jasminoides, Aucklandia lappa, Coix seed, Cannabis sativa seed, Pueraria lobata, Strychnos nux-vomica, Houttuynia cordata, Acorus tatarinowii, Papilionanthe palawanensis, Galla chinensis, and others.

 

Hebei

Bupleurum, Polygala, Anemarrhena, Scutellaria, Saposhnikovia, Isatis, Coix Seed, Chrysanthemum, Atractylodes, Aster, Trollius, Cistanche, Ziziphus Jujuba, Angelica, Platycodon, Ligusticum, and others.

 

Hubei

Houpu, Duzhong, Fuling, Huanglian, Duhuo, Cangzhu, Banxia, Shegan, Duzhong, Baizhu, Hubei Fritillaria, and others.

 

Heilongjiang

Anemarrhena, Schisandra, Red Peony Root, Phellodendron, Ginseng, Gentian, Mistletoe, Astragalus, Ledebouriella, Atractylodes, Burdock, Eleutherococcus, and Isatis Root, among others.

 

Hunan

Polygonatum, peony, magnolia bark, papaya, polygonatum, Lindera, Peucedanum, evodia, lotus, peony, winter jasmine, as well as (Bletilla), Prunella, lily, and others.

 

Henan

Magnolia buds, honeysuckle, rehmannia, achyranthes, white angelica root, white aconite, burdock seed, platycodon, chrysanthemum, yam, cornelian cherry, forsythia, pinellia, poria, single-horned arisaema, winter jasmine, bupleurum, coltsfoot, trichosanthes, alocasia, and sour jujube, among others.

 

Hainan

Pepper, cloves, areca nut, amomum villosum, amomum kravanh, nutmeg, aloe, galangal, morinda officinalis, patchouli, anoectochilus roxburghii, and others.

 

Jilin

Ginseng, Schisandra, Polygonatum, Ophiopogon, Baikal Skullcap, Platycodon, Viola yedoensis, Anemarrhena, Codonopsis, Scutellaria, Sanguisorba, and Dactylorhiza…

 

Jiangsu

Prince Ginseng, reed, platycodon, Mint Chrysanthemum, Chinese cabbage, woad, Euryale seed, Pinellia, Schizonepeta, Perilla, Trichosanthes fruit, Lily bulb, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Prunella vulgaris, and Burdock, among others.

 

Jiangxi

Celosia, Plantain, Citrus aurantium peel Alisma, Elsholtzia, peppermint, Uncaria, Stephania, bitter orange, gardenia, schizonepeta, Vitex, summer-heat-relieving herb, and straw, among others.

 

Liaoning

Atractylodes, Coix Seed, Polygala, Ligusticum, Phellodendron, Codonopsis, Cimicifuga, Ginseng, Asarum, Schisandra, Bupleurum, and Ziziphus jujuba, among others.

 

Inner Mongolia

Scutellaria baicalensis, Bupleurum chinense, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Ephedra sinica, Paeonia lactiflora, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Sanguisorba officinalis, Cimicifuga foetida, Cynomorium songaricum, Sophora flavescens, Cistanche deserticola, Equisetum arvense, Prunus humilis, and others.

 

Ningxia

Silver Bupleurum, Cynomorium, Gentian, Bupleurum, Dictamnus, Rheum, Ningxia Goji Berry , licorice, ephedra, codonopsis, cimicifuga, polygala, and others.

 

Qinghai

Scutellaria baicalensis, Farfarae Flos, Cuscuta chinensis, Rheum palmatum, Fritillaria thunbergii, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Notopterygium incisum, Polyporus umbellatus, Cynomorium songaricum, Gentiana macrophylla, Cistanche deserticola, Cordyceps sinensis, and others.

 

Sichuan

Chuanmuxiang, Ophiopogon, Chuanxiong, Aconite, Fritillaria, Houttuynia, Chuanmutong, Peony, Safflower, Rheum, Dipsacus, Cordyceps, Dried Ginger, Quisqualis, Melia, Phellodendron, Alisma, Pinellia, Honeysuckle, Notopterygium, Coptis, Tianma Eucommia bark, Platycodon root, Sichuan pepper, White peony root, Phellodendron bark, Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis, Loquat leaf, Lysimachia herb, Codonopsis root, Gentian, Magnolia flower bud, Black plum, Tremella fuciformis, Sichuan glehnia root, Bupleurum root, Angelica dahurica, Sichuan achyranthes root, Salvia root, Psoralea corylifolia, Curcuma wenyujin, Turmeric, Curcuma zedoaria, Asparagus cochinchinensis, Magnolia bark, and others.

 

Shanghai

Trichosanthes, Isatis indigotica, saffron, Corydalis, Salvia miltiorrhiza, and others.

 

Shandong

Trichosanthes, Ziziphus jujuba, Artemisia capillaris, Cyperus rotundus, Polygala tenuifolia, Scutellaria baicalensis, Crataegus pinnatifida, Lonicera japonica, Glehnia littoralis, Paeonia suffruticosa, Cynanchum auriculatum, Ganoderma lucidum, Arisaema erubescens.

 

Shanxi

Apricot, fennel, forsythia, ephedra, astragalus, ledebouriella, poria, anemarrhena, Codonopsis Polygala, Gentiana macrophylla, Atractylodes lancea, Euphorbia kansui, and others.

 

Shaanxi

Gastrodia, Eucommia, Salvia, Rehmannia, Scutellaria, Cornus, Aconite, Stephania, Forsythia, Polygala, Gynostemma, Ephedra, Bupleurum, Dioscorea, Gentiana, and others.

 

Tianjin : Isatis indigotica, Artemisia capillaris, Ziziphus jujuba, Achyranthes bidentata, Glehnia littoralis, and others.

 

Xinjiang

Red peony root, asafoetida, cistanche, burdock, lithospermum, licorice, fritillaria, goji berry, gentian, ephedra, safflower, cistanche deserticola, farfara, snow lotus, and others.

 

Tibet

Gentiana macrophylla, Ephedra, Hyoscyamus, Saussurea costus, Notopterygium, Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora, Rheum, Fritillaria, Cordyceps sinensis, and others.

 

Yunnan

Dang Gui, Fritillaria, Drynaria, Three-seven , Yunmuxiang, Coptis, Gastrodia, Dendrobium, Terminalia, Cinnamon, Saposhnikovia, Polyporus, Camphor Tree Bark, Amomum, Sappanwood, Gentian, Mimusops, Amomum villosum, Pinellia, and others.

 

Zhejiang

Atractylodes, Scrophularia, Fritillaria cirrhosa, Cornus, Prunella vulgaris, Chrysanthemum, Angelica dahurica, Fritillaria thunbergii, Corydalis, Paeonia, Magnolia officinalis, Lindera, Leonurus cardiaca, and others.