Treatment of Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease with Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Pilot Clinical Study

Table 1

Herbal preparation

Chinese name	Pharmaceutical name	Percentage
Dang shen	Dried root of Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf. (Fam. Campanulaceae)	13.39
Sheng di	Dried root tuber of Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch. (Fam. Scrophulariaceae)	13.39
Fu ling	Dried sclerotium of the fungus, Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf. (Fam. Polyporaceae)	10.71
Gou teng	Dried hook-bearing stem branch of Uncaria rhynchophylla (Miq.) Jacks. (Fam. Rubiaceae)	10.71
Bai Zhu	Rhizome of Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz. (Fam. Compositae)	8.93
Dang gui	Dried root of Angelica sinensis (Oliv) Diels. (Fam. Umbelliferae)	8.93
Fa ban xia	Dried tuber of Pinelliae ternate (Thunb.) Breit. (Fam. Araceae)	8.04
Chuan xiong	Dried rhizome of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. (Fam. Umbelliferae)	8.04
Huai niu xi	Dried root of Achyranthes bidentata Bl. (Fam. Amaranthaceae)	8.04
Chen pi	Dried pericarp of the ripe fruit of Citrus reticulata Blanco. (Fam. Rutaceae)	5.36
Sheng gan cao	Dried root and rhizome of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. (Fam. Leguminosae)	4.46