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Table 3

The top 6 frequently used Chinese herbs in FZF formulae.

Latin nameEnglish nameChinese nameFrequencyThe total frequency (%)

1. Aconitum carmichaelii Debx
2. Panax ginseng C.A. Mey
3. Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge
4. Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf
5. Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge.var.mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao
and Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge
6. Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb.ex Prantl.
(1) Aconiti lateralis radix preparata
(2) Ginseng radix et rhizome
(3) Salvia miltiorrhiza
(4) Tuckahoe
(5) Fresh Mongolian milkvetch root
(6) Semen descurainiae lepidii
(1) Fuzi
(2) Renshen
(3) Danshen
(4) Fuling
(5) Huangqi
(6) Tinglizi
12
9
7
6
5
4
40
30
23.3
20
16.7
13.3