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Non-scientific name:

yuan zhi

2 Accepted name(s) for "yuan zhi":

Accepted name
Polygala tenuifolia Willd.
Polygala sibirica L.

5 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Polygala tenuifolia Willd. Polygala tenuifolia Willd. Polygala tenuifolia Willd. root root
TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Polygala tenuifolia Willd. Polygala tenuifolia Willd. Polygala tenuifolia Willd.
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Polygala tenuifolia Willd. Polygala tenuifolia Willd. Polygala tenuifolia Willd. dried root root
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polygala tenuifolia Willd. Polygala tenuifolia Willd. Polygala tenuifolia Willd. root
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polygala tenuifolia Willd. Polygala tenuifolia Willd. Polygala tenuifolia Willd.
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Polygala sibirica L. Polygala sibirica L. Polygala sibirica L. root root
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polygala sibirica L. Polygala sibirica L. Polygala sibirica L. root
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Polygala sibirica L. Polygala sibirica L. Polygala sibirica L. dried root root

19 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "yuan zhi":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
chinese senega-root Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
istod tonkolistnyj Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kinesisk senegarot Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
luan ye yuan zhi Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
polygala Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
polygalae radix Pharmaceutical Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
radix polygalae Pharmaceutical Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
siberian milkwort Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
siberian polygala Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
thin-leaf polygala Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
thinleaf milkwort root Other Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
uncaria hook Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
uncariae uncis cum ramulus Pharmaceutical Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
wonji Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yuan jhih Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
チョウトウコウ Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
卵葉遠志 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
远志 Other TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
遠志 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)