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Flora in Tibetan Materia Medica
By analyzing the flora components of 593 genera of seed plants, flora of world wide distribution numbering to 43 genera such as Rannuncuius, Clematis,it represents about 70% of the total Tibetan medicines today, mostly grown in the mountains above 3,800 m. The herbs commonly used include Meconopsis spp., Lagotis spp., Saussurea spp., Swertia spp., Pterocephalalus Hookeri,Laminophlomis Rotata, Eriophyton Wallichii, Phyllophyton spp., Cochlearia scapiflora, Lagotis Brevituba, Saxifraga spp, etc.

When classified on the basis of effect, Tibetan materia medica can be divided into over 40 classes, of which the 10 most common ones are listed below.

Materia medica for clearing heat and detoxifying applied to the common cold and influenza: Rubus Beflorus Delphinium Trichophorum, Gentiana Umula,Corydalis Dasyptera, Aster Asteroides, Pterocephulus Hookeri, Aconitum Flavum, etC.

Clearing liver, gallbladder and lung heat: Swertia spp., Halenia Elliptica,Saxifraga spp., Chrysosplenium spp., Aconitum Tanguticum, Aconiti Navicularis,Cremanthodium Nepalense, Dracocephalum Tanguticum, Saussurea Ropygmaea,saussurea Arenaria, etc.

Bronchitis: Rhododendron spp., Artemisia, Subdigitata, Artemisia Sieversiana, Gentiana Algida, Gentiana Przewalskii etc. Pulmonary tuberculosis and pulmonary abscess: Phyllophyton spp., Saxifraga Ateata, Meconopsis Quintuplinervia, Cochlearias Capiflora, CheiranthusYounghusbandii, Rhodiola Sacra, Rhodiola Algida Vat. jrnisense, Fragaria Vesca, Daphne Tangutica, Solms-laubachia eury carpa, etc.

Expelling wind and removing dampness applied in rheumatic arthritis: Cotoneaster Acutifolia, Adenophora Lilifohodes, Sabine spp., Piptanihus Concolor, Vicia Amoma, Cynanchum Forrestii, Lepidium Apetalum, etc.

Sedation and analgesia: Anisodus Luridus, Przewalskia Tangutica, Hyoscyamus Niger, Anisodus Tangutica.
Lowering blood pressure: Meconopsis Punicea, Meconopsis Integrifolia,Lincarvillea Compacta, Lagotis Brevituba, Cremanthodii Discoideum, Aremaria spp., etc.

Activating blood circulation and dispersing stasis applied in wounds, fracture: Laminophlomis Rotata, Laydia Serotina, Pyreihrum Tatsienense, Meconopsis spp., Saussucea spp., etc.Regulating menstruation and activating blood applied in gynecological diseases:Saussurea Gossypiphora, Coluria Longifolia, Ceratostigma Ulicini, Paraquilegia microphylla, etc.

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