Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pulsatilla chinensis (Bunge) Regel [Ranunculaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bai tou weng	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bai tou wong	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
baitouweng	Other	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)
báitóuwēng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
chinese anemone root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
chinese pasque flower	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
chinese pulsatilla	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese pulsatilla root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
hiroha-okina-gusa	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kinesisk backsippa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pulsatillae radix	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
radix pulsatillae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
radix pulsatillae chinensis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
白头翁	Other	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)
白头翁花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白头翁茎叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白頭翁	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Rhizome		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	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
root	dried root	Pharmacop. of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anemone chinensis Bunge Enum. Pl. China Bor.: 2 (1833).
Anemone pulsatilla var. chinensis (Bunge) Finet & Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 59 (1904).
Pulsatilla chinensis f. alba D.K.Zang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 13: 340 (1993).
Pulsatilla chinensis var. kissii (Mandl) S.H.Li & Y.H.Huang Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 3: 162 (1975).
Pulsatilla chinensis f. plurisepala D.K.Zang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 13: 340 (1993).
Pulsatilla kissii Mandl Oesterr. Bot. Z. 71: 178 (1922).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anemone chinensis	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Anemone chinensis Bunge	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pulsatilla chinensis	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Pulsatilla chinensis (Bge.) Regel	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pulsatilla chinensis (Bge.) Rgl.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Pulsatilla chinensis (Bge.)Regel	TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Pulsatilla chinensis (Bunge) Regel	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) 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) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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