Plant Details

Accepted name:: Epimedium sagittatum (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim. [Berberidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
epimedii folium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
epimedii herba	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
epimedium	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
epimedium herb	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
epimedium leaf	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
herba epimedii	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
hozaki-no-ikari-sō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jian ye yin yang huo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
läkesockblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sagittate epimedium	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
yin yang huo	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yinyanghuo	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
yínyánghuò	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
インヨウカク	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
淫羊藿	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
淫羊藿根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
箭葉淫羊藿	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
leaf	dried leaf	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
terrestrial part		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
aboveground parts or leaf		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
terrestrial plant parts	terrestrial plant parts	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
aerial parts		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
terrestrial part		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
aerial part		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Epimedium sagittatum var. glabratum T.S.Ying Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(2): 53 (1975).
Aceranthus macrophyllus Blume ex K.Koch Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 253 (1864).
Aceranthus sagittatus Siebold & Zucc. Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 175 (1845).
Aceranthus triphyllus K.Koch Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 253 (1864).
Epimedium coactum var. longtouhum H.R.Liang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 28: 322 (1990).
Epimedium ikariso Siebold ex Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1868: 89 (1869).
Epimedium sagittifolius Farrer Engl. Rock Gard. 1: 8 (1919).
Epimedium sinense Siebold ex Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 71 (1865).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Epimedium sagi1atum (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Epimedium sagitattum	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Epimedium sagittatum	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Epimedium sagittatum (Sieb. & Zucc.) Maxim.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Epimedium sagittatum (Sieb. & Zucc.) Maxim. var. glabratum T.S.Ying	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Epimedium sagittatum (Sieb. et Zucc. ) Maxim.	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Epimedium sagittatum (Sieb. et Zucc.) Maxim.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Epimedium sagittatum (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Epimedium sagittatum (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Epimedium sagittatum Maximowicz	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Epimedium sagittatum Maximowicz.	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Epimedium sagittatum.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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