Bai Shao
| 白芍 | white peony root, peony | Paeoniae Radix alba |
Bai Zhu
| 白术 | (white) atratylodes rhizome, ovate atractylodes, angelica root | Radix Atractylodes Macrocephalae |
Chen Pi
| 陳皮 | aged tangerine peel, citrus | Citri reticulatae Pericarpium |
Da Zao
| 大棗 | jujube, Chinese date | Jujubae Fructus |
Dang Gui
| 當歸 | tangkuei, Chinese angelica root | Radix Angelicae Sinensis |
Fu Ling
| 茯苓 | poria, sclerotium of tuckahoe, China root, hoelen, Indian bread | Sclerotium Poriae Cocos |
Huang Qi
| 黃耆 | astragalus root, milk-vetch root, milkvetch root | Astragali Radix |
Ren Shen
| 人蔘 | ginseng root | Ginseng Radix |
Rou Gui
| 肉桂 | inner bark of Saigon cinnamon, cinnamon bark | Cinnamomi Cortex |
Sheng Jiang
| 生薑 | fresh ginger rhizome | Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis Recens |
Shu Di Huang
| 熟地黄 | cooked rehmannia root, prepared Chinese foxglove root | Rehmanniae Radix preparata |
Wu Wei Zi
| 五味子 | schisandra fruit | Schizandrae Fructus |
Yuan Zhi
| 遠志 | Chinese senega root; polygala | Radix Polygalae Tenuifoliae |
Zhi Gan Cao
| 炙甘草 | Honey Prepared Licorice | |