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Drugs, Chinese Herbal MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Drugs, Chinese Herbal
Tree Number(s)
D20.215.784.500.350
D26.335
Unique ID
D004365
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004365
Annotation
drugs used in MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL or MEDICINE, KAMPO not synthetic drugs manufactured in China; Chinese names of these drugs not capitalized in titles or translations; TN J: indexing instructions
Scope Note
Chinese herbal or plant extracts which are used as drugs to treat diseases or promote general well-being. The concept does not include synthesized compounds manufactured in China.
Entry Term(s)
Chinese Drugs, Plant
Chinese Herbal Drugs
Plant Extracts, Chinese
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Medicine, Chinese Traditional (1975-1987)
Medicine, Oriental Traditional (1967-1974)
Plant Extracts (1967-1987)
Plants, Medicinal (1966-1987)
Public MeSH Note
88
History Note
88
Date Introduced
1988/01/01
Last Updated
2006/07/05
Drugs, Chinese Herbal Preferred
Plant Extracts, Chinese Broader
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