Systematic Review on the Efficacy and Safety of Herbal Medicines for Vascular Dementia

Table 5

The 30 most commonly used herbal constituents.

	Chinese name	Scientific name	English name	Latin name	Freq.	Dose (g)
1	川芎	Rhizoma Chuanxiong	Szechwan Lovage Rhizome	Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort.	24	6–15
2	何 首烏	Radix Polygoni Multiflori	Fleeceflower root	Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.	24	10–20
3	黃芪	Radix Astragali	Milkvetch root	Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge. Var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao	22	15–120
4	丹參	Radix Salviae Miltiorrrhizae	Danshen root	Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge.	14	10–20
5	人參	Radix Ginseng	Ginseng	Panax ginseng C.A. Mey.	13	6–10
6	石菖 蒲	Rhizoma Acori Talarinowii	Grassleaf Sweetflag Rhizome	Acorus tatarinowii Schott.	13	6–10
7	當歸	Radix Angelica Sinensis	Chinese Angelica	Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels	11	6–15
8	山茱 萸	Fructus Corni	Asiatic Cornelian Cherry fruit	Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc.	10	10–15
9	遠志	Radix Polygalae	Thinleaf Milkwort root	Polygala tenuifolia Willd.	10	10–12
10	益智 仁	Fructus Alpiniae Oxyphyllae	Sharpleaf Galangal fruit	Alpinia oxyphylla Miq.	9	10–15
11	枸杞 子	Fructus Lycii	Barbary Wolfberry fruit	Lycium barbarum L.	8	10–20
12	紅花	Flos Carthami	Safflower	Carthamus tinctorius L.; Crocus sativus L.	8	3–5
13	黃精	Rhizoma Polygonati	Solomonseal Rhizome	Polygonatum sibiricum Red.; P. cyrtonema Hua; P. kingianum Coll. et Hemsl.	8	15–30
14	九節 菖蒲	Rhizoma Anemonis Altaicae	Irkutsk Anemone Rhizome	Anemone altaica Fisch. ex. C.A. Mey.	8	8–12
15	熟地	Radix Rehmanniae	Rehmannia root	Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch.	8	10–20
16	赤芍	Radix Peaoniae Rubra	Red Peony root	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.; P. veitchii Lynch	7	6–15
17	天麻	Rhizoma Gastrodiae	Tall Gastrodia Tuber	Gastrodia elata Bl.	6	6–10
18	桃仁	Semen Persicae	Peach seed	Prunus persica (L.) Batsch; P. davidiana (Carr.) Franch.	6	3–12
19	淫羊 藿/仙靈脾	Herba Epimedii	Epimedium herb	Epimedium brevicornum Maxim.; E. sagittatum (Sieb. et Zucc.) Maxim; E. pubescens Maxim.; E. wushanense T.S. Ying; E. koreanum Nakai	6	12
20	鬱金	Radix Curcumae Wenyujin	Turmeric Root Tuber	Curcuma wenyujin Y. H. Chen et C. Ling; C. longa L.; C. kwangsiensis S.G. Lee et C. F. Liang; C. phaeocaulis Val.	6	10–15
21	白芍	Radix Paeoniae Alba	White Peony root	Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	4	15
22	黨參	Radix Codonopsis	Pilose Asiabell root	Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf.; C. pilosula Nannf. var. modesta (Nannf.) L.T. Shen; C. tangshen Oliv.	4	10–20
23	女貞 子	Fructus Ligustri Lucidi	Glossy Privet fruit	Ligustrum lucidum Ait.	3	10
24	山藥/淮山	Rhizoma Dioscoreae	Common Yam Rhizome	Dioscorea opposita Thunb.	3	15–30
25	五味 子	Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis	Chinese Magnoliavine fruit	Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill.	3	10
26	巴戟 天	Radix Morindae Officinalis	Morinda root	Morindae officinalis How	3	20
27	半夏	Rhizoma Pinelliae	Pinellia Tuber	Pinellia ternate (Thunb.) Breit	3	10–12
28	白朮	Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae	Largehead Atractylodes Rhizome	Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz.	3	10–15
29	肉桂	Cortex Cinnamomi	Cassia Bark	Cinnamomum cassia Presl	3	Unkno-wn
30	肉 蓯蓉	Herba Cistanches	Desertliving Cistanches	Cistanche deserticola Y.C.Ma	3	10–20