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Drug Interactions

Incompatible Herbs

Toxic or Endangered

Latin Name Notes

Chinese Herb-Drug Interactions

Chinese herbs that may interact or interfere with Western pharmaceutical drugs.

Herb-Drug interactions are added to the website slowly, and this list represents only a fraction of the possbile Herb-Drug interactions that may occur when combining Chinese and Western medicine. If you are prescribing or using Chinese herbs, do NOT use this list as a complete or definitive reference for determining the safety of combining medicines.

Bai Hua She Agkistrodon, Bungarus	Ban Bian Lian Chinese Lobelia, Lobelia	Cang Zhu Black Atractylodes Rhizone	Che Qian Zi Plantago Seed, Plantain Seed
Chi Shi Zhi Halloysite, Kaolin	Chuan Mu Tong Clematis	Chuan Xiong Szechuan Lovage Root	Da Ji Japanese Thistle, Cirsium
Dan Shen Salvia Root	Dang Gui Chinese Angelica Root	Dong Kui Zi Musk Mallow Seeds, Abutilon Seeds	Fu Ling Pi Poria Skin
Fu Shen Poria Spirit	Gan Cao Licorice Root	Guang Fang Ji Aristolochia Root, Stephania	Han Fang Ji Stephania Root
Han Lian Cao Eclipta	Hei Zhi Ma Black Sesame Seeds	Hong Hua Safflower Flower	Hou Po Magnolia Bark
Huang Qi Astragalus	Jin Qian Cao Lysimachia	Luo Han Guo Momordica Fruit	Ma Huang Ephedra Stem
Mai Men Dong Ophiopogon Tuber	Nu Zhen Zi Privet Fruit, Ligustrum	Po Xiao	Qu Mai Aerial Parts of Fringed Pink or Chinese Pink Dianthus
Ren Shen Ginseng Root	Sha Ren Cardamom (Grains of Paradise Fruit)	Sha Shen Adenophora Root, Four Leaf Lady Bell Root	Shan Yao Chinese Yam Rhizome, Dioscorea
Shi Gao Gypsum	Shui Zhi Leech	Tao Ren Peach Kernel	Tong Cao Rice Paper Pith, Tetrapanax
Xuan Shen Ningpo Figwort Root	Yin Chen Yinchenhao Shoots and Leaves, Capillaris	Yu Mi Xu Cornsilk	Yuan Ming Fen
Ze Xie Water Plantain Rhizome, Alisma	Zhi Mu Anemarrhena Rhizome	Zhu Ling Polyporus Sclerotium