Dietary Chinese Herbs

The editors Liu Yanze, Wang Zhimin and Zhang Junzeng present in their book Dietary Chinese Herbs information on chemical, pharmacological, clinical studies and historical use of common dietary Chinese herbs.
Also a brief review of Chinese literature on dietary herb use is given.
Chapters which are dedicated for selected dietary herbs including Latin names, chemical components, pharmacological targets and diseases.
Liu, Wang and Zhang show you the health benefit, which have been studied for centuries and investigate their suitabiltity in daily diets for disease prevention. This Dietary Chinese Herbs bookshows the increasing demand for non-pharmaceutical healthcare products and expanding opportunities for the global market place.
Traditional Chinese Medicine can prevent diseases and treat with the use of foods and herbal medicine.

Contents:
Part 1. Introduction.

• 1. Brief history of dietary Chinese herbs.
• 2. Food and Nutraceutical Applications of Chinese Herbals Products.

Part 2. Root, rhizome, tuber, and bulb materials.

• 3. Achyranthes bidentata Blume (Niu Xi, ).
• 4. Alisma orientalis (Sam.) Juzep. (Ze Xie, ).
• 5. Alpinia officinrum Hance (Gao Liang Jiang, ).
• 6. Angelica dahurica (Fisch.) Benth. et Hook. or other related species (Bai Zhi, ).
• 7. Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels (Dang Gui, ).- 8. Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. (Tian Dong, ).- 9. Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bunge. or other related species (Huang Qi, ).- 10. Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf. or other related species (Dang Shen, ).- 11. Curcuma longa L. (Jiang Huang, ).- 12. Dioscorea opposita Thunb. (Shan Yao, ).- 13. Gastrodia elata Bl. (Tian Ma, ).- 14. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. or other related species (Gan Cao, ).- 15. Lilium lancifolium Thunb. or other related species (Bai He, ).- 16. Morinda officinalis How. (Ba Ji Tian, ) .- 17. Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb) Ker-Gawl. (Mai Dong, ).- 18. Paeonia lactiflora or other related species (Shao Yao, ).- 19. Panax ginseng C. A. Mey. (Ren Shen, ).- 20. Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen (San Qi, ).- 21. Panax quinquefolius (Xi Yang Shen, ).- 22. P latycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A. DC. (Jie Geng, ).- 23. Polygonatum kingianum Coll. et Hemsl. or other related species (Huang Jin, ).- 24. Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce (Yu Zhu, ).- 25. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. (He Shou Wu, ).- 26. Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi (Ge Gen, ).- 27. Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch. (Di Huang, ).- 28. Rhodiola crenulata (Hook. f. et Thoms.) H. Ohba (Hong Jing Tian, ).- 29. Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. (Dan Shen, ).- 30. Zingiber officinale Rosc. (Jiang, ).

Part 3. Fruit or seed materials.- 31. Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. (Yi Zhi Ren, ).- 32. Amomum villosum Lour. or other related species (Sha Ren, ).- 33. Arctium lappa L. (Niu Bang Zi, ).- 34. Canarium album Raeusch. (Qing Guo, ).- 35. Cassia obtusifolia L. (Jue Ming Zi, ).- 36. Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai (Mu Gua, ).- 37. Citrus medica L. var. sarcodactylis Swingle (Fuo Shou, ).- 38. Citrus reticulata Blanco or other related species (Ju Pi, ).- 39. Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. mayuen (Roman.) Stapf (Yi Yi Ren, ).- 40. Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc. (Shan Zhu Yu, ).- 41. Crataegus pinnatifida Bge. var. major N.E.Br. or other related species (Shan Zha, ).- 42. Dimocarpus longan Lour. (Long Yan Rou, ).- 43. Euryale ferox Salisb. (Qian Shi, ).- 44. Gardenia jasminoides Ellis (Zhi Zi, ).- 45. Ginkgo biloba L. (Bai Guo, ) .- 46. Hippophae rhamnoides L. (Sha Ji, ).- 47. Hovenia dulcis Thunb. or other related species (Zhi Ju Zi, ).- 48. Lycium barbarum L. (Gou Qi Zi, ) .- 49. Momordica grosvenori Swingle (Luo Han Guo, ).- 50. Myristica fragrans Houtt. (Rou Dou Kou, ) .- 51. Phyllanthus emblica L. (Yu Gan Zi, ) .- 52. Piper nigrum L. (Hei Hu Jiao, ) .- 53. Prunella vulgaris L. (Xia Ku Cao, ).- 54. Prunus armeniaca L. or other related species (Xing Ren, ).- 55. Prunus mume (Sieb.) Sieb. et Zucc. (Wu Mei, ).- 56. Rosa davurica Pall. (Ci Mei Guo, ).- 57. Rosa laevigata Michx. (Jin Ying Zi, ).- 58. Rubus chingii Hu (Fu Pen Zi, ).- 59. Schisandra chinensis (Turez.) Baill. (Wu Wei Zi, ).- 60. Sesamum indicum L. (Hei Zhi Ma, ).- 61. Sterculia lychnophora Hance (Pang Da Hai, ).- 62. Terminalia chebula Retz. or other related species (He Zi, ).- 63. Vigna umbellata Ohwi et Ohashi or other related species (Chi Xiao Dou, ).- 64. Ziziphus jujuba Mill. (Da Zao, ).- 65. Ziziphus jujuba Mill. var. spinosa (Bunge) Hu ex H. F. Chou (Suan Zao Ren).