Many Chinese herbal medicines come from animals, some of which come from precious wild animals. Generally speaking, we can distinguish whether it comes from animals by the names of medicinal materials. But sometimes, the names of medicinal materials don't look like animals, but actually come from animals, such as concha Haliotidis; Sometimes the names of medicinal materials are like animals, but they are actually plants, such as mountain turtles and Fritillaria. Therefore, it is not completely reliable to distinguish only by name. Even calling a doctor is not necessarily reliable, because some medicines are plant-based but processed with animal-based medicines, such as Arisaema cum bile, which is a plant-based medicine. If you ask the doctor, he may tell you that it is a botanical medicine. All the easily confused medicinal materials are listed below for your reference. If you still can't determine the medicinal materials you want to query according to this table, please send us the names of the medicinal materials: white70000@hotmail.com here divides all medicinal materials into four categories: animals, plants, fungi and other categories (minerals). We also classify plant Chinese medicine processed by animal medicine as animals. Each category is divided into many subcategories. We briefly explain the characteristics of the names of each kind of medicinal materials and list all the easily confused medicinal materials in alphabetical order. Because some medicinal materials have many names, the list here is still not exhaustive. We will update this table at any time according to the collected information. The names of animal medicinal materials generally contain animal names or animal radicals, such as insects, shellfish, fish, turtles and so on. But there are still many exceptions, as listed below. Some drugs, such as cicada slough, although from animals, are harmless to life. Shellfish: most of these names contain the words shell, snail, clam, oyster, abalone, mother, clam, etc., but Fritillaria is a kind of plant rhizome. Here are some shellfish medicines without these words in their names. Insects: Most of these names contain insects, or there are words beside them, such as octopus, clam and sting. The following are some insect medicinal materials with ambiguous names. Echinoderm (seafood): Most of these names contain the words sea cucumber, sea urchin and starfish. Sea cucumber is sometimes difficult to distinguish from ginseng and other ginseng. Here are some herbs that do not contain "sea cucumber" but are actually sea cucumbers. Fish, frog, turtle, turtle: the name of a fish often includes the word fish, dragon, seahorse, or the word next to it. Frog names contain many words, such as frog, frog and toad. The names of turtles and tortoises mostly contain the words turtle, tortoise shell (tortoise shell), turtle, tortoise shell, tortoise shell and so on. With few exceptions. Lizards and snakes: Most of these names include snakes, dragons, tigers, and words beside insects, such as clams and salamanders. , except for the cases listed here. Birds: Most of these names contain words beside birds, chickens, swallows, snakeheads, pheasants, finches and birds, which are easy to distinguish. Bone flap: This kind of name mostly contains the words bone, horn, velvet (velvet antler) and so on, which is easy to distinguish. But Lycium barbarum bark is a kind of bark. Other miscellaneous: Cordyceps, pearls, bird's nest, beehive, bezoar, etc. The name is different from the name of the animal, but it is actually the prescription name of the medicinal materials from the animal. Animal alias is Latin name (1) Ejiao Ding, Ejiao bead is a rubber block made of donkey skin-Arisaema cum bile, which is an ascomycete parasitic on the head of larvae. Both insects and bacteria can be used as medicine. Cordyceps sinensis Sacc phoenix coat-the inner membrane of gallusdomesticus Brisson, the egg of Placuna placenta (Linnaeus), a marine clam. Hongniang-Cicadaceae Red Stichopus Japonicus de geer Sea Cucumber-Stichopus Japonicus, Golden Rooster Sandbag, Jiaxiang-Snail Soft-shelled Turtle, Gracilaria (Linnaeus), Gracilaria welding head, welding head Mountain (Mountain) welding head snake mountain bamboo leaf green two-color desktop slice Ginseng-Stichopus Japonicus-Lepert. Green Stichopus japonicus, a kind of green Stichopus japonicus-Ma Bao Stichopus japonicus-Jaeger, bezoar, rhinoceros yellow, bovine gallstones and bovine bile Note: Artificial bezoar still comes from animals and is a bile extract of pigs or cattle. Musk is fragrant. It is the secretion of deer, musk and abalone. Note: The name is similar to that of cassia seed, but it is not the same medicine. Guarding the Palace —— A Gecko suinbouna Gunther Bitch —— Armadillidium vulgare(Latreille) Bulging Mylabris (Arca inflata Reeve) Bulging Mylabidae —— Gallnut —— Aphididae insect —— Bell. Baker Xi Shi-Mactra Antiguata Spengler's otolith fish schlegeli Bleeker's otolith-Bambusa bambusa's placenta powder is human placenta-others come from animals but are harmless to life. Silkworm excrement-silkworm excrement-cicada slough-slough itself is cicada-Trogopterori-flying squirrel excrement-the names of plant medicinal materials generally contain the words of flower, English, grass, bean, wood, orchid, root, fragrance, blue or radical. But there are still many exceptions, as listed below. Leather: This kind is often named after leather, but it is actually bark, such as Cortex Acanthopanacis, Cortex Fraxini, Cortex Lycii and Cortex Cinnamomi Japonici. And Eucommia ulmoides and Ilex rotunda. Unlike plants, the name is actually a prescription name derived from plants or other non-animal products. The alias comes from the Latin names rhizome, whole grass, stem wood, leaf, fruit and seed. 1. Borneolum Syntheticum and Plum Blossoms are a kind of resin-benzoin is a kind of resin-benzoin is a kind of resin-star anise-evergreen tree star anise-Akebia stem (thunb.), Akebia stem evergreen vine in August. Decen。 Morinda officinalis, the root of vine shrub, Morinda officinalis. Rhizoma Typhonii, Rhizoma Yubaifu, Rhizoma Guanbaifu, Herba Leonuri, and Rhizoma Bletillae. ) is the rhizome of herbs. Liquidambar resin White front (Decne. )Schitr。 Exlerl。 Atractylodes macrocephala, rhizome of surgical perennial herb Atractylodes macrocephala. Pulsatilla chinensis ), a herb of Arnebia euchroma. Dictamni bark Hundreds. ), a perennial herb with stemona root. Miq。 Lily is a perennial herb lily. Patrinia scabiosa Pinellia, Pinellia, Pinellia, Su Xia, Pinellia. )Breit。 Taxus China (DC). Dancer, a small shrub, Taxus China (DC. ), the root of the perennial herb of Glehnia littoralis. Five flavors of Schisandra chinensis, Schisandra chinensis (Turcz. )Baill。 Herba Asari is dense. var。 Datura [motto] ] Kitag Fritillaria Fritillaria, Fritillaria Fritillaria, Fritillaria thunbergii, Fritillaria thunbergii, Fritillaria Fritillaria D. Don, the stems of Liliaceae plants, collapsed into a big bowl-Umbelliferae plant Centella asiatica Bunge, Borneolum Fragrant, and Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a kind of resin fragrant fruit. Atractylodes lancea. ), annual herbaceous fruit, Xanthium sibiricum. The grass river is heavy, with seven leaves and one flower. China (French. ) belongs to Liliaceae. Hala. The seed of cassia seed and kusnezoff monkshood. Bupleurum DC Changshan. The stinky peony has grown green. Cinnamomum camphora plantain, bergamot, bergamot slice, bergamot. Meat toe (noot. )Swingle。 Chenpi-Chenpi agarwood-Daphne agarwood. ] Gilg. Paris polyphylla, Paris polyphylla. China (French. ) Hara. Fritillaria, Fritillaria, Fritillaria thunbergii, Fritillaria thunbergii, Fritillaria thunbergii, Fritillaria thunbergii. Rhubarb of Sichuan Army, the root of the herb rhubarb. The root of the herb coptis chinensis. The root of Achyranthes bidentata, Achyranthes bidentata. Dendrobium nobile, Dendrobium nobile, Orchidaceae, Aconitum, Radix Aconiti, Aconitum, perennial herb Dipsacus, Radix Curcumae, Radix Curcumae, and Radix Curcumae. ] Kudo et Masam。 Acanthopanax senticosus Et motto. Danshen. Danshen. Ilex China. Asian stripes [l] o.ktze. Areca nut, areca nut-areca nut peel. Rhubarb, rhubarb. Euphorbia pekinensis Euphorbia pekinensis Burdock, Compositae, Gleditsia sinensis, Gleditsia sinensis, Gleditsia sinensis, Leguminosae Gleditsia sinensis. Angelica sinensis, Angelica sinensis, angelica tail, Angelica sinensis (Olive. ) Diels, the root of Codonopsis pilosula in Umbelliferae (France. )nannf。 Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae-Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae-Herba Violae, and Herba Violae Kochiae-Parthenocissus tricuspidata-Herba Euphorbiae Humifusae. Atractylodes macrocephala in winter, the root of the perennial herb Atractylodes macrocephala is in operation. Live alone. Shan Heyuan. Eucommia ulmoides Oliv Pinellia, Pinellia, Jiangxia, Pinellia. )Breit。 Windproof. )Schischk。 Pinellia ternata ), a perennial herb, Mufang has always been a vine. Fengxiang. The seed of impatiens balsamina. Fingered citron, fingered citron evergreen fingered citron. Meat toe (Noot. )Swingle。 Rubus is a deciduous shrub. Fuzi, Fuzi. Rehmannia glutinosa, Rehmannia glutinosa, Scrophulariaceae. Gansui-perennial herb Gansui, the root of a fern, Rhizoma Drynariae (a perennial epiphytic herb), the rhizome of a herb, Dryopteris crassipes, the root of a vine, Aristolochia, a small shrub, Taxus China (DC. Yujin, Chuan Yujin, Wen Yujin, y.h. Chen et c.ling, Curcuma, Angelica sinensis, angelica tail, Guiwei, Angelica sinensis (Oliv. ) Diels, the root of Angelica sinensis in Umbelliferae. Quincy, a liana of Leguminosae. Lysimachia christinae is a perennial herb, and it is the bark of a benthic Platycladus orientalis coral albizzia. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. The root of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Terminalia chebula, a big tree in Helile. Carpesium abrotanoidesL, the fruit of grass, is the fruit of crane lice. Hei Hu root of morning glory-root of Magnoliaceae-black tiger. Radix Rubiae, Rhizoma picrorhizae, Scrophulariaceae-perennial herb Viscum corydalis [K] Omar. The perennial herb Polygonum cuspidatum. et Zucc。 Achyranthes bidentata, Achyranthes bidentata, Achyranthes bidentata. Patrinia scabiosa Polygonatum odoratum Patrinia scabiosa The stem of Polygonatum sibiricum in Liliaceae. Coptis chinensis, the root of Coptis chinensis. Ranch. Phellodendron amurense-bark of deciduous tree Phellodendron amurense. Huangdu Huoxue Dan —— a perennial herb Glechomae. Polygonum rubrum] Chicken bone fragrance-croton of Euphorbiaceae. Impatiens balsamina, Curcuma longa, Pinellia ternata, Su Xia, Pinellia ternata. )Breit。 Dalbergia odorifera, Leguminosae, Jingouling, Jingouling, Pteridium aquilinum, Cibotii, Dendrobium nobile, Golden Key of Dendrobium nobile, Orchidaceae, Polygalaceae. Euphorbia, a perennial herb of Euphorbia. Vitex negundo, the fruit of Vitex negundo in Kyoko, Liliaceae. Tuberose Cassia seed, the seed of leguminous plants, is different from animal shellfish medicine concha Haliotidis See Concha Haliotidis and Radix Sophorae Flavescentis. Farfara, radish, radish, blue thorn head. The roots of plants. Stellera chamaejasme-Forsythia panicum miliaceum. )Vahl。 Glechomae-a perennial herb of Oleaceae. Cooper. Two-faced needle ], rutaceae, Zanthoxylum nitidum. DC。 Anemone bicuspidata Clematis hexapetala. Lingxiao-deciduous woody vine Lingxiao. ) K. shum. Liu Yinu, a perennial herb of Liu Yinu, Gentiana, Borneolum Syntheticum, and Folium Artemisiae Argyi are a kind of resin fragrant fruit shell-a kind of Fritillaria-Passepartout maple witch hazel plant. Trachelospermum )Lem。 The stems of lianas fall on the elder. Javanese elderberry Plants of Sambucus of Sambucus, peels and seeds of Louzi of Cucurbitaceae, stems of Ephedra, Aristolochia, perennial herbs of Semen Strychni, Semen Strychni, Radix Ophiopogonis, perennial herbs of Ophiopogon japonicus, Folium Ilex Ilex, Rhizoma Atractylodis, and Atractylodes of Platycodon. Cea(Thunb)DC。 Plum borneol, borneol and wormwood are a kind of resin borneol and an olive plant. The root of Trionyx sinensis-the root of a plant called Trionyx sinensis. Momordica cochinchinensis is a kind of plant seed named Momordica cochinchinensis, which has been widely protected. )Decen。 Equisetum bullwhip, the root of Aconitum flavum, burdock barley, cow seeds, mouse mucus, a compositae plant burdock, Achyranthes bidentata. Ligustrum lucidum. Prunus humilis, the plum seed of a shrub. Seeds of perennial herbs, such as boat-fruited Sterculia, zedoary, turmeric and Eupatorium adenophorum. Borneo-deciduous fruit aesculus. Typha angustifolia seven-star sword-Polypodiaceae reddish [mol] blue lacquer elder sister-in-law-Euphorbiaceae plant Dryopteris uncinata. Melaleuca papyrifera, Euphorbia japonica Thunb. of Asteraceae, Euphorbia japonica Thunb., Euphorbia japonica Thunb., a biennial herb. Petunia, the black and ugly panicum miliaceum Petunia. Peucedanum praeruptorum, perennial herb, Euryale ferox. Notopterygium, the root of herbaceous plants, is Gentiana macrophylla. Hylla Pall。 Orange. Pinellia, Pinellia, Pinellia, Pinellia, Pinellia. )Breit。 Celosia japonica, a perennial herb in summer. Masai kaishan mandarin Angelica tail, angelica tail, angelica tail, Angelica sinensis (Oliv. ), the root of Umbelliferae. Diels. The rhizome of Lonicera japonica Thunb.-a herb. Frankincense-an olive plant frankincense. Two-faced needle ], rutaceae, Schistosoma japonicum. DC。 The nucleus of a rose plant. American ginseng, panax notoginseng. ) F.H. Chen, Araliaceae plant, Morius alba L. Taxus China (DC). ) the root of Glehnia littoralis, a perennial herb of Glehnia littoralis. The root of Stephania Stephania. ), Shayuanzi Shayuan Tribulus is a leguminous plant. Cornus officinalis. Gardenia jasminoides Ellis is the fruit of a shrub and a perennial herb of Dioscorea. Phytolacca americana Fructus Cnidii is panicum miliaceum Flemingia. Shoot dry DC. Panax notoginseng, panax notoginseng (Burk. ) F.H. Chen Rehmannia glutinosa, Rehmannia glutinosa, Rehmannia glutinosa, Scrophulariaceae, the root of a herb in Sichuan Army is rhubarb. Rhizoma Arisaematis, Rhizoma Arisaematis, Rhizoma Arisaematis, Rhizoma Arisaematis, a perennial herb-a plant with ten roots [Fort]. ] Carl. Dendrobium nobile, Dendrobium candidum, Orchidaceae, Pyrrosia. ) is a perennial herb. Ivy bush makes gentleman meat make gentleman Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Rehmannia root Rehmannia root Radix Aconiti Preparata, Radix Aconiti Lateralis, Radix Aconiti Lateralis, and Aconitum are perennial herbs. Burdock, compositae, burdock, plantain pine shell-a kind of Fritillaria Styrax resin Liquidambar formosana. Su Xia Pinellia, Pinellia, Pinellia, Pinellia, Pinellia. )Breit。 Perilla frutescens var。 Crispa de nie. Lock yang. Lindera root et。 Zucc。 ), the root of a small tree. Asparagus. ) Rhizoma arisaematis, a perennial herb of Rhizoma arisaematis (Merr. carpesium abrotanoides L.) Note: Rhizoma arisaematis is processed with ginger juice, while Rhizoma arisaematis is unprocessed. Rhizoma arisaematis or Rhizoma arisaematis is also an alias of Rhizoma Arisaematis cum bile (see Rhizoma Arisaematis cum bile). Bambusa breviflora, Bambusa breviflora juice, Bambusa breviflora juice, Hypericum japonicum, Hypericum japonicum, Panax notoginseng. ) Chen, Araliaceae, Morinda officinalis,. Achyranthes bidentata, Achyranthes bidentata, Achyranthes bidentata. Cuscuta chinensis panicum miliaceum Cuscuta chinensis. Wang Liuliu (neck). ) six petals clematis. Aconitum, aconite, aconite, aconite. Lindera root Et.zucc), the root of a small tree in Linderae, has five flavors of Schisandra chinensis. Schisandra chinensis. )Baill。 Five-fingered peach Hertha Vaval. Rattan, a deciduous woody vine of Schisandra chinensis. Asarum [maxim]. ] Citron, the fruit of evergreen tree, is like Fritillaria cirrhosa, Fritillaria cirrhosa, Fritillaria thunbergii, Fritillaria thunbergii, Fritillaria thunbergii and Fritillaria thunbergii. Dragon's Blood in Palmae-Herba Lysimachiae Christinae-Xiaoqian. Blood-line potato root of Magnoliaceae. Xu Changqing (BGE. )kitag。 Dipsacus is a perennial herb, Dipsacus is a Polygonum herb in Xu Changqing, and Scrophulariaceae is Scrophulariaceae. Bone-seeking wind medicine-the fruit of Araceae. Gleditsia sinensis Gleditsia sinensis Corydalis yanhusuo, tetrahydropalmatine, tetrahydropalmatine, tetrahydropalmatine. Alpinia oxgphylla Miq is a perennial herb fruit of Alpinia. Stellaria lanceolata. A Bge. Nautilus-Rutaceae DC Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Cornus officinalis Atractylodes macrocephala [wt] Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, Herba Leonuri, tubers of herbs, Melaleuca, Butterfly, Yujin, Sichuan, Curcuma wenyujin, Curcuma wenyujin, and seeds of Prunus. Scrophulariaceae plant Scrophulariaceae. Polygalae China Gleditsia sinensis, China Gleditsia sinensis, China Gleditsia sinensis, China Gleditsia sinensis, China Gleditsia sinensis. Paris polyphylla, Paris polyphylla. China (French. ) Hara. Alisma orientale (Sam. ), perennial swamp plant, Alisma orientalis. Juxepl。 Euphorbia helioscopia-perennial swamp plant Euphorbia helioscopia-Cinnamomum camphora evergreen tree. Fritillaria, Fritillaria, Fritillaria, Fritillaria thunbergii, Fritillaria thunbergii, Fritillaria elephant. Gardenia Gardenia, Gardenia Gardenia, the fruit of a shrub, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, a Liliaceae plant, Pinellia aurantium, Pinellia ternata, Pinellia ternata, Pinellia ternata, Pinellia ternata. ) Breit, a perennial herb in Su Xia. Arisaema, a perennial herb of Arisaema, comes from Arisaema and Polygonum. Herbs include Polygonum, Gleditsia sinensis, Gleditsia sinensis, Leguminosae bamboo, bamboo, bamboo juice, zedoary and perennial herb Gleditsia sinensis. Salvia miltiorrhiza, a perennial herb. Viola yedoensis, Ardisia yedoensis, a long green semi-shrub Ardisia yedoensis (Hornsted. ) perilla. var。 Chris Padding. Callicarpa. The names of medicinal materials are vague, and the list is as follows. The alias of the square name of the fungus comes from the Latin name Sargassum. ) D.Ag Wan Lei-Polyporaceae-Kelp-seaweed kelp Kurome Okam. Puffball fungus Phyllostachys pubescens. Polyporus umbellatus )Fr。 Others, such as ores, are listed as follows. Minerals: these names are mostly named after Dan, alum, carbon and stone, which are easy to distinguish. Other aliases of the names of prescriptions come from halloysitum)- a silicate ore-fulonggan-an ore-keel, longya-a fossil-nameless-an ore pyrolusite-an ore-realgar Note: (1) Only one Latin name is listed in the table. References:

Color Atlas of Authenticity Identification of Chinese Herbal Medicine, edited by Li Yuecheng, Sichuan Science and Technology Press, 1994 Common Chinese Herbal Medicine, Clinical Application of Chinese Herbal Medicine by China Traditional Chinese Medicine Press, Zhuo Dahong, Guangdong People's Publishing House.