Review Article

Yang/Qi Invigoration: An Herbal Therapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with Yang Deficiency?

Table 1

Different categories of Chinese tonic herbs.

Yang-invigoratingQi-invigorating

Eucommiae CortexSchisandrae Frutus
Psoraleae FructusZiziphi Fructus
Cistanches HerbaAstragali Radix
Cynomorii HerbaCodonopsis Radix
Epimedii HerbaFici Radix
Dipsaci RadixGinseng Radix
Morindae RadixGlycyrrhizae Radix
Cibotii RhizomaPseudostellariae Radix
Drynariae RhizomaQuinquefolii Radix
Cuscutae SemenAtractylodis Rhizoma
ā€‰Dioscoreae Rhizoma

Yin-nourishingBood-enriching

Ligustri FructusLycii Fructus
Dendrobii HerbaMori Fructus
Ecliptae HerbaTesta Dolichoris
Asparagi RadixLoranthi Ramulus
Ophiopogonis Radix Angelicae Radix
Oryzae RadixPolygoni Radix
Polygonati RhizomaRehmanniae Paraparata Radix
Prinsepiae SemenPolygonati Rhizoma
ā€‰Sesami Semen