50 Fundamental herbs

Agastache rugosa[8] - huò xiāng (藿香)[9] Alangium chinense[10] - bā jiǎo fēng (八角枫)[11] Anemone chinensis (syn. Pulsatilla chinensis)[12] - bái tóu weng (白头翁)[11][13] Anisodus tanguticus - shān làng dàng (山莨菪)[14] Ardisia japonica - zǐ jīn niú (紫金牛)[15] Aster tataricus - zǐ wǎn (紫菀) Astragalus propinquus (syn. Astragalus membranaceus)[16] - huáng qí (黄芪)[17] or běi qí (北芪)[17] Camellia sinensis - chá shù (茶树) or chá yè (茶叶) Cannabis sativa - dà má (大麻) Carthamus tinctorius - hóng huā (红花) Cinnamomum cassia - ròu gùi (肉桂) Cissampelos pareira - xí shēng téng (锡生藤) or (亞乎奴) Coptis chinensis - duǎn è huáng lián (短萼黄连) Corydalis ambigua - yán hú suǒ (延胡索) Croton tiglium - bā dòu (巴豆) Daphne genkwa - yuán huā (芫花) Datura metel - yáng jīn huā (洋金花) Datura stramonium (syn. Datura tatula)[18] - zǐ huā màn tuó luó (紫花曼陀萝) Dendrobium nobile - shí hú (石斛) or shí hú lán (石斛兰) Dichroa febrifuga[19] - cháng shān (常山) Ephedra sinica - cǎo má huáng (草麻黄) Eucommia ulmoides - dù zhòng (杜仲) Euphorbia pekinensis[20] - dà jǐ (大戟) Flueggea suffruticosa (formerly Securinega suffruticosa) - yī yè qiū (一叶秋)[21] Forsythia suspensa - liánqiào (连翘)

Gentiana loureiroi - dì dīng (地丁) Gleditsia sinensis - zào jiá (皂荚) Glycyrrhiza uralensis - gān cǎo (甘草)[22] Hydnocarpus anthelminticus (syn. H. anthelminthica) - dà fēng zǐ (大风子) Ilex purpurea - dōngqīng (冬青) Leonurus japonicus - yì mǔ cǎo (益母草) Ligusticum wallichii[23] - chuān xiōng (川芎) Lobelia chinensis - bàn biān lián (半边莲) Phellodendron amurense - huáng bǎi (黄柏) Platycladus orientalis (formerly Thuja orientalis) - cèbǎi (侧柏) Pseudolarix amabilis - jīn qián sōng (金钱松) Psilopeganum sinense - shān má huáng (山麻黄) Pueraria lobata - gé gēn (葛根) Rauwolfia serpentina - shégēnmù (蛇根木), cóng shégēnmù (從蛇根木), or yìndù shé mù (印度蛇木) Rehmannia glutinosa - dìhuáng (地黄) or gān dìhuáng (干地黄)[24] Rheum officinale - yào yòng dà huáng (药用大黄) Rhododendron tsinghaiense - Qīng hǎi dù juān (青海杜鹃) Saussurea costus - yún mù xiāng (云木香) Schisandra chinensis - wǔ wèi zi (五味子) Scutellaria baicalensis - huáng qín (黄芩) Stemona tuberosa - bǎi bù (百部) Stephania tetrandra - fáng jǐ (防己) Styphnolobium japonicum (formerly Sophora japonica) - huái (槐), huái shù (槐树), or huái huā (槐花) Trichosanthes kirilowii - guā lóu (栝楼) Wikstroemia indica - liǎo gē wáng (了哥王)