Original Article
Prescriptions of Chinese Herbal Medicines for Insomnia in Taiwan during 2002
Table 2
The top 10 individual Chinese herbs prescribed for insomnia in Taiwan during 2002.
| | Chinese single herb (Chinese name) | Generic name | Number of prescriptions | Percentage |
| | Shou-wu-teng | P. multiflorum | 7093 | 23.8 | | Suan-zao-ren | Z spinosa | 5459 | 18.3 | | Fu-shen | Poria cocos | 3975 | 13.3 | | He-huan-pi | A. julibrissin | 2982 | 10.0 | | Mu-li | O. gigas | 2424 | 8.1 | | Yuan-zhi | Polygala tenuifolia | 2373 | 8.0 | | Dan-shen | S. miltiorrhiza | 2248 | 7.5 | | Huang-qin | Scutellaria baicalensis | 2210 | 7.4 | | Huang-lian | Coptis chinensis | 1595 | 5.4 | | Bai-he | L. brownii | 1518 | 5.1 |
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Total prescription numbers = 29 801.
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