Chemicals and Drugs

Chinese Herbal Drugs

Chinese herbal or plant extracts which are used as drugs to treat diseases or promote general well-being. The concept does not include synthesized compounds manufactured in China.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Chinese herbal or plant extracts which are used as drugs to treat diseases or promote general well-being. The concept does not include synthesized compounds manufactured in China.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Chinese Drugs, Plant
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Herbal Drugs, Chinese
  • Plant Extracts, Chinese
  • Chinese Plant Extracts
  • Extracts, Chinese Plant

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Aspects Covered

18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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Indexing Annotation

drugs used in MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL or MEDICINE, KAMPO not synthetic drugs manufactured in China; Chinese names of these drugs not capitalized in titles or translations; TN J: indexing instructions

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional (1975-1987)
  • Medicine, Oriental Traditional (1967-1974)
  • Plant Extracts (1967-1987)
  • Plants, Medicinal (1966-1987)

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Tree Numbers

  1. D20.215.784.500.350
  2. D26.335

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chinese Herbal Drugs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004365. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004365
  2. Chinese Herbal Drugs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67175105