List of Materia Medica of traditional medicine of the Zhuang

This is a list of Materia Medica, the traditional medicine of the Zhuang in southern China. The largest national minority in China lives in a subtropical zone south of the Wuling Mountains, mainly in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and in Guangdong Province . Zhuang medicine has not yet formed a comprehensive system.

A collection on folk medicine includes the work Zhuangzu minjian yongyao xianbian (Selection of Folk Medicine of the Zhuang Nationality).

An examination of traditional zhuang medicine at the Dragon Boat Festival in Jingxi County , Guangxi, found two hundred and forty-six different materia medica.

The information is given in pinyin and in Chinese abbreviations :

Overview

Sources: cintcm.com, tcm-resources.com

Aristolochia debilis (Guangxi madouling 广西马兜铃)
Flemingiae philippinensis (Qianjinba 千斤拔)
Ixora chinensis (Longchuanhua 龙船花)
Costus speciosus (Bixiaojian 闭鞘姜)
Actinidia chinensis (Yangtao 阳桃)
Zanthoxylum nitidum (Liangmianzhen 两面针)
Plumeria rubra var. Acutifolia (Jidanhua 鸡蛋花)
Lasia spinosa (Ciyu 刺芋)
Osbeckia chinensis (Jinjinxiang 金锦香)
Caesalpinia minax (Nanshele 南蛇簕)
Dioscorea cirrhosa (Shuliang 薯莨)
Japalura polyonate (Mazongshe 马鬃蛇)
Rattus norvegicus caraco (Hejiashu 褐家鼠)
Python molurus bivittatus (Mangshe 蟒蛇)

Health notice

Some of the materia medica are toxic.

literature

Zhuangzu minjian yongyao xianbian壮族民间用药选编 (Selection of Zhuang Nationality Folk Medicine)
Guangxi minzuyao jianbian广西民族药简编 (Small collection of materia medica of the different nationalities in Guangxi)

Web links

cintcm.com The traditional Zuang drugs - English
tcm-resources.com: Minzuyao zhonglei - Chinese (PDF file)
gxminzuyy.net: Zhuangzu yishi dashi nianbiao - Chinese

Individual evidence

↑ cintcm.com The traditional Zuang drugs
↑ tcm-resources.com: Minzuyao zhonglei ( Memento from August 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
↑ The traditional Dai drugs ( English ) TCM-Online Beijing. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
↑ 民族药种类 ( Chinese , Microsoft DOC) TCM-Online Beijing. Archived from the original on May 8, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2019.

[cintcm.com-1] tcm.com The traditional Zuang drugs

[2] tcm-resources.com: Minzuyao zhonglei ( Memento from August 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[3] The traditional Dai drugs ( English ) TCM-Online Beijing. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2019.

[4] 民族药种类 ( Chinese , Microsoft DOC) TCM-Online Beijing. Archived from the original on May 8, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2019.