Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nepeta tenuifolia Benth. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
carbonized fineleaf schizonepeta herb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
carbonized fineleaf schizonepeta spike	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fineleaf nepeta	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fineleaf schizonepeta herb	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fineleaved schizonepeta	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
herba schizonepetae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
herba schizonepetae carbonisatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
herba seu flos schizonepetae tenuifolia	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
hjonggae	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jing jie	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
jing jie sui	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
jing jieh suei	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
jingjie	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
jingjiesui	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
jingjiesuitan	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
jingjietan	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
jīngjiè	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
lie ye jing jie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nepetae herba	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
nepetae spica	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
schisandra fruit	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
schisandrae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
schizonepeta	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
schizonepeta spike	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
schizonepetae herba	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
schizonepetae herba carbonisata	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
schizonepetae herba carbonisatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
schizonepetae spica	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
schizonepetae spica carbonisata	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
trefliksnepeta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ケイガイ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
荆芥	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
荊芥	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
荊芥穗	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	processed dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
aerial part		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
spike		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
aboveground parts		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Whole plant or inflorescences		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
inflorescence	spike	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
spike		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
spike		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
fruit-spike		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
fruit	well ripe fruit	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nepeta japonica Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 20: 468 (1875).
Schizonepeta tenuifolia (Benth.) Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 235 (1896).
Schizonepeta tenuifolia var. japonica (Maxim.) Kitag.
Elsholtzia integrifolia Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 714 (1835).
Glechoma japonica (Maxim.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 518 (1891).
Glechoma tenuifolia (Benth.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 519 (1891).
Nepeta vaniotiana H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 220 (1911).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nepeta japonica Maximowicz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Nepeta tenuifolia	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Nepeta tenuifolia Benth.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Nepeta tenuifolia Bentham	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Schizonepeta tenuifolia	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Schizonepeta tenuifolia (Benth.) Briq.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briq.	GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briquet	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briquet var. japonica Kitagawa	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Schizonepeta tenuisfolia Briq.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images