Table 1 List of the top 20 main medicinal herbs in Module 1 from a previous study.

From: A network pharmacology-based approach to explore mechanism of action of medicinal herbs for alopecia treatment

Medicinal herbs in Module 1

Pinyin in the TCMID database

Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. (何首烏)

HE SHOU WU

Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Dlels (當歸)

DANG GUI (CHAO XIAN DANG GUI)

Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch. (Prepared) (熟地黃)

SHU DI HUANG

Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. (川芎)

CHUAN XIONG

Ligustrum lucidum Ait. (女貞子)

NU ZHEN ZI

Eclipta prostrata L. (旱蓮草)

MO HAN LIAN

Lycium barbarum L. (枸杞子)

GOU QI ZI

Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch. (生地黄)

SHENG DI HUANG

Cuscuta chinensis Lam. (菟絲子)

TU SI ZI

Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge. (黃芪)

HUANG QI

Paeonia lactiflora Pall. (白芍藥)

BAI SHAO

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. (丹蔘)

DAN SHEN

Morus alba L. (桑椹)

SANG SHEN

Sesamum indicum L. (黑芝麻)

HEI ZHI MA

Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco (側柏葉)

CE BAI YE

Gastrodia elata Bl. (天麻)

TIAN MA

Carthamus tinctorius L. (紅花)

HONG HUA

Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf. (唐蔘)

DANG SHEN

Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai (木瓜)

MU GUA

Polygonatum sibiricum Red. (黃精)

HUANG JING

  1. Related to the liver and kidney.