Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch. ex DC. [Orobanchaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akaya-zio	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
akayajio	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
chinese foxglove	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
chinese foxglove root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
chinese-foxglove	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cû sinh dja	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
di huang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
di-huang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
dihuang	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
dihuáng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
dja hoâng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
dìhuáng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
figwort	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
fresh earth yellow	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
glutinous rehmania	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
ji-whang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
jihwang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011) Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
kaikei-zio	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
man ti	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
prepared rehmannia root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
radix rehmanniae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
radix rehmanniae praeparata	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
radix rehmanniae preparata	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
raw rehmania root	Other	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
rehmannia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
rehmannia glutinosa root	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
rehmannia glutinosa whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
rehmannia root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
rehmanniae radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
rehmanniae radix crudus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
rehmanniae radix praeparata	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
rehmanniae radix preparata	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
sang tee	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sang ti	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
shang ti	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sheng di	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
sheng di hang	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sheng di huang	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
sheng dihuang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
sheng ti	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sheng ti huang	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
sheng-ti-pien	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
shu di	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
shu di huang	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shu t'i	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
shu ti huang	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
shudihuang	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
sin dja	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ti huang	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ti huang chiu	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
xian di huang	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zi-o	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
địa hoàng	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
ジオウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
地黃	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
地黄	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
干地黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
熟地黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
生地黃	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
鮮地黃	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
鲜地黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
지황	Other	Antiox. & Physiolog. Activity of Korean Med. Pl. (Kim et al., 1995) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root tuber	dried root tuber	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
root	dried root	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Tuber		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
root	fresh or dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root		Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
root		Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
unprocessed root tuber, cured root tuber		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome, root	dried rhizome and root	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
Tuberous roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Root		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
root		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
root		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
root tuber		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Digitalis glutinosa Gaertn. Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 544 (1770).
Rehmannia chinensis Libosch. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1: 36 (1834 publ. 1835), nom. superfl.
Rehmannia glutinosa var. huechingensis Chao & Shih Acta Pharm. Sin. 1: 41 (1957).
Rehmannia glutinosa f. huechingensis (Chao & Shih) P.K.Hsiao Fl. Chin. Trad. Med. 1: 197 (1959).
Rehmannia glutinosa f. purpurea Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15: 74 (1901).
Rehmannia glutinosa var. purpurea (Makino) Makino & Nemoto Fl. Japan: 226 (1925), nom. illeg.
Chirita chanetii H.Lév. Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., sér. 3, 17(210-211): iii (1907).
Rehmannia chanetii (H.Lév.) H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 323 (1911).
Rehmannia glutinosa var. hemsleyana Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 569 (1900).
Rehmannia glutinosa f. lutea Y.C.Chu & J.F.Li Nat. Resources Res. 2: 5 (1979).
Rehmannia glutinosa f. purpurea (Makino) Makino J. Jap. Bot. 8: 11 (1932), nom. illeg.
Rehmannia glutinosa var. typica Matsuda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 32: 141 (1918), not validly publ.
Rehmannia lutea var. purpurea Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 12: 301 (1898).
Rehmannia sinensis (Buc'hoz) Bunge ex Link Allg. Gartenzeitung 2: 169 (1834).
Sparmannia sinensis Buc'hoz Pl. Nouv. Découv.: t. 1 (1779).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Digitalis glutinosa Gaertn.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rehmania glutinosa Liboschitz	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Rehmannia chinensis	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Rehmannia chinensis Libosch.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rehmannia glutinosa	Antiox. & Physiolog. Activity of Korean Med. Pl. (Kim et al., 1995) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) DC.	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch EX Fisch. et Mey.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch. ex Fisch. & Mey.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch. ex Fisch. Et Mey.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch. ex Fisch. et Mey.	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch. ex Steud.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch. f. hueichingensis (Chao et Schih) Hsiao	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Steud.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertner) Libosch.	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch f. huechingensis (Chao & Schih) Hsiao	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch.	GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch. ex Fisch & Mey.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch. ex Fisch. et Mey.	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017)
Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch. var. purpurea Makino	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
Rehmannia glutinosa Liboschitz	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
Rehmannia glutinosa Liboschitz ex Steudel	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Rehmannia glutinosa Liboschitz var. purpurea Makino	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
Rehmannia glutinosa Libschitz var. purpurea Makino	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
Rehmannia glutinosa Steud.	Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
Rehmannia glutinosa var. hueichingensis	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Rehmannia glutinosa var. purpurea	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)

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