Chinese Name Latin Name Common Name Scientific Name Primary Function Dong chong xia cao 冬蟲夏草 Cordyceps sinensis Cordycepes / Caterpillar fungus Cordyceps sinensis Tonification 補益 Yun zhi 雲芝 Coriolus versicolor Turkey tail / Cloud mushroom Polystictus versicolor (L.) Fr. Tonification 補益 Nu zhen zi 女貞子 Fructus Lingustri Lucidi Glossy privet fruit Ligustrum lucidum Ait Tonification 補益 Bu gu zhi 補骨脂 Fructus Psoraleae Malaytea Scurfpea Fruit Psoralea corylifolia L. Tonification 補益 Jin ying zi 金櫻子 Fructus Rosae Laevigatae Cherokee Rose Fruit Rosa laevigata Michx Astringent 固澀 Fu pen zi 覆盆子 Fructus Rubi Palmleaf Raspberry Fruit Rubus Chingii Hu Astringent 固澀 Wu wei zi 五味子 Fructus Schisandrae Chinese Magnoliavine Fruit Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill./ Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils. Tonification 補益 Xian Ling Pi 仙靈脾 Herba Epimedii Epimedium Epimedium brevicornum Maxim./ Epimedium sagittatum (Sieb. et Zucc.) Maxim Tonification 補益 Huang qi 黃 Radix Astragali Astragalus root Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bunge var. mongholicus (Bunge) Hsiao/ A. membranaceus (Fisch.) Bunge and the other species of the same genus Tonification 補益 Ba ji tian 巴戟天 Radix Morindae Officinalis Morinda Root Morinda officinalis How Tonification 補益 Tu si zi 菟絲子 Semen Cuscutae Dodder seed Cuscuta chinensis Lam. Tonification 補益