Identifying Chinese Herbal Medicine Network for Eczema: Implications from a Nationwide Prescription Database

Table 3

The top 10 most commonly used single herbs for eczema during 2011 (total prescriptions = 381,282).

Single herb; Latin name	English name	Dosage (gm/day)	TCM indications	Number of prescriptions (%)
Forsythia suspensa	Lian Qiao	1.20	Heat toxin	64868 (17.0)
Coix lacryma-jobi	Yi Yi Ren	1.34	Dampness, spleen qi deficiency, and heat	48581 (12.7)
Taraxacum mongolicum	Pu Gong Ying	1.30	Heat	16101 (12.1)
Dictamnus dasycarpus	Bai Xian Pi	1.26	Dampness and heat	41897 (11.0)
Lonicera japonica	Jin Yin Hua	1.21	Heat toxin	41895 (11.0)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis	Gan Cao	0.87	Spleen qi deficiency, moderation of properties of other drugs	39814 (10.4)
Rheum palmatum	Da Huang	1.34	Heat toxin and blood heat	38194 (10.0)
Paeonia suffruticosa	Mu Dan Pi	1.38	Blood heat, stasis	33929 (8.9)
Kochia scoparia	Di Fu Zi	1.56	Heat	33417 (8.8)
Smilax glabra	Tu Fu Ling	1.41	Dampness and heat	32565 (8.5)