From: Analysis of prescription database extracted from standard textbooks of traditional Dai medicine
Local name | Botanical name | Attribution(s) | Application or indications | Preparation(s) | Frequency (%) |
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Biu Biu Liang | Plumbago indica L. | Fire, wind and water | Whole herb used for arthritis/joint pain, abnormal menstruation, menstrual colic, cough, asthma, weakness, impotence. | Soup obtained from whole herb deposited in alcohol or after decoction to be taken orally. | 24 (12.0) |
Hao Ming | Curcuma longa L. | Water, earth and wind | Rhizome used for arthralgia, traumatic injury, distending pain of chest and abdomen, amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, swollen sores and furuncle, insect bites. | Soup or juice of Rhizome obtained after decoction or juicing to be taken orally. | 20 (10.0) |
Pi Nuai | Piper nigrum L. | Fire | Fruit used for abdominal pain, toothache, cough, asthma, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. | Fruit made into powder or soup obtained from decoction to be taken orally. | 19 (9.5) |
Wen Shang Hai | Arundina graminifolia (D. Don) Hochr. | Water | Bulb and whole herb used for the deficiency of Qi and blood due to postpartum, poisoning of food, epilepsy, damp-heat jaundice. | Soup of bulb and whole herb obtained from decoction to be taken orally. | 17 (8.5) |
Guan Di | Vitex trifolia L. | Wind and water | Fruit and leaf used for dizziness, poor vision, hemiplegia, red swelling and pain of joints, spasm and pain of extremities, muscle and bone pain. | Soup of fruit or leaf after decoction to be taken orally. | 17 (8.5) |
Han Hao Nan | Acorus calamus L. var. verus L. | Wind, water and earth | Rhizome used for abdominal pain and diarrhea, abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting, dizziness and headache, insomnia and dreamful sleep, asthma. | Soup of rhizome obtained from decoction to be taken orally. | 16 (8.0) |
Jing Lang | Nigella glandulifera Freyn et Sint. | Wind and water | Seed used for dizziness, headache, insomnia and dreamful sleep, postpartum bleeding, anemia, hypogalactia, menoxenia, menstrual colic, amenorrhea, epilepsia, muscle and joint pain, stomachache. | Chewed seed to be taken orally or smashed seeds to be sniffed. | 15 (7.5) |
Mi Huo Wa | Tacca chantrieri Andre’ | Fire, water and wind | Rhizome and leaf used for mumps, submaxillary lymph nodes soreness, galactophore soreness, sore throat, cough, phlegm much, abdominal pain and unknown toxin. | Soup of rhizome or leaf obtained from decoction to be taken orally. | 15 (7.5) |
Guo Long Liang | Cassia fistula L. | Wind and water | Fruit, root, stem, bark and leaf used for oppilation, dysuresia, urinary stones, frequent and scanty urination with continuous dripping, sore throat due to heat-wind evils, orolingual furuncles, tumor, headache, dizziness. | Fruit to be chewed and taken orally. Soup of root, stem, bark and leaf obtained from decoction to be taken orally. | 14 (7.0) |
Huang Giu | Eclipta prostrata (L.)L. | Water | Whole herb used for dysentery, abdominal pain, febrile convulsion, skin and external diseases. | Juice extracted from whole herb to be taken internally or applied externally. | 13 (6.5) |
Zhu Zha Ling | Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr. | Water | Vine used for insufficiency of Qi and blood, general debility and lassitude, palpitation, pain of limbs and joints due to wind-dampness evils, blood stasis and swelling due to traumatic injury. | Vine to be deposited in alcohol or made into powder and the alcohol or powder to be taken orally. | 13 (6.5) |
He Tao Leng | Spatholobus suberectus Dunn. | Water, earth and wind | Vine used for dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, and anemia and to reduce rheumatic pain and joint aches. | Soup of vine obtained from decoction to be taken orally. | 12 (6.0) |
Bu Luei | Zingiber purpureum Rosc. or Zingiber corallinum Hance. | Earth | Rhizome used for abdominal pain, abdominal distension due to food retention, nausea and vomiting, hepatosplenomegaly, arthralgia due to wind-heat. | Soup of rhizome obtained from decoction or powder of rhizome to be taken orally. | 12 (6.0) |
Ya La Meng | Cassia obtusifolia L. | Water | Whole herb used for insomnia and dreamful sleep, cramps, jaundice, malaria, hepatitis. | Soup of whole herb obtained from decoction to be taken orally. | 12 (6.0) |
Hiam Leng | Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr. | Earth and water | Stem used for jaundice, abdominal distension, heat and pain, dry mouth and throat, diarrhea, orolingual sore, irritability, menorrhagia. | Soup of stem obtained from decoction to be taken orally or applied externally. | 11 (5.5) |