Policies and Problems of Modernizing Ethnomedicine in China: A Focus on the Yi and Dai Traditional Medicines of Yunnan Province

Table 5

Traditional medicines listed in the RTCHYN.

Scientific name	Pinyin name	Medicinal parts	Regional distribution	Standard	UF
Erigeron breviscapus (Vaniot) Hand. -Mazz.	Dengzhanxixin	Whole plant	Areas except southwest of Yunnan	ChP	7
Cordyceps sinensis (BerK.) Sacc.	Dongchongxiacao	Bacterial and insect complex	Deqin, Shangri-La, Lijiang, Binchuan, Lvfeng, Guangtong	ChP	4
Dracaena cochinchinensis (Lour.) S. C. Chen A	Longxuejie	Resin	Jinping, Menglian, Pu’er, Jinghong, Zhenkang	SGZP	2
Cyanotis arachnoidea C. B. Clarke	Lushuicao	Whole plant	Menghai, Menglian, Jinghong, Jingdong, Mengzi, Anning, Kunming, Pingbian	No	1
Swertia mileensis T. N. He et W. L. Shi	Qingyedan	Whole plant	Mile	ChP	2
Anisodus acutangulus C. Y. Wu et C. Chen	Sanfensan	Roots	Lijiang	SYNP	1
Hemsleya amabilis Diels	Xuedan	Roots	Kunming, chongming, Binchuan, Eryuan, Dali, Heqing	No	1
Bergenia purpurascens (Hook.f.et Thoms.) Engl. var. delavayi (Franch.) Engl. et Irm.	Yanbaicai	Rhizome	Deqin, Weixi, Shangri-La, Lijiang, Dali, Qujing, Ludian, Zhaotong, Gongshan, Fugong	ChP	1

RTCHYN, Rare Traditional Chinese Herbs of Yunnan Province in Urgent Needs. Regional distribution is from the Flora of Yunnan (Science Press of China, 2006). UF, usage frequency; ChP, Chinese Pharmacopoeia; SGZP, Standards for Chinese medicinal materials in Guizhou Province (2009); SYNP, Standards for Chinese medicinal materials in Yunnan Province (2005).