Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
epimedii folium	Pharmaceutical	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)
epimedii herba	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)
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 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)
epimedium leaf	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
epimedium sagittatum whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
herba epimedii	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
hozaki-no-ikari-so	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
hozaki-no-ikari-sō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
hozakino-ikari-so	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
hsien ling p'i	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
jian ye yin yang huo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
läkesockblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sagittate epimedium	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
yin yang huo	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) 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)
yinyanghuo	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
yínyánghuò	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
インヨウカク	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (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) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
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) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacop. 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)
leaf	dried leaf	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
leaf	dried leaf	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
terrestrial part		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
aboveground parts, leaf		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
terrestrial plant parts	terrestrial plant parts	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
aerial parts		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
terrestrial part		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
aerial part		Korean Pharmacop., 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 sagitattum	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Epimedium sagittatum	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Epimedium sagittatum (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Epimedium sagittatum (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) 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)
Epimedium sagittatum Maximowicz	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Epimedium sagittatum Maximowicz.	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Epimedium sagittatum.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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