Plant Details

Accepted name:: Houttuynia cordata Thunb. [Saururaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ban bhande	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chameleon-plant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chòu cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cè ěr gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cén cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
diếp cá	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
doku-dami	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dokudami	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fishwort	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ganaune jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gande	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gane	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gǒu tiē ěr	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hatahata	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
heartleaf houttuynia	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
heartleaf houttuynia herb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
herba houttuynia cordatae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
herba houttuyniae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
honya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
houttuynia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
houttuynia herb	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
houttuyniae herba	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 Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
jamyrdoh	Other	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
ji cai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
jí cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kalancha	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kalme	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kasang	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
kenemek jantan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kukurpaile	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
siahamang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siitan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
simdalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsi	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
urang aring	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yagmomil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yu sing cao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yu xing cao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yuxingcao	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
yú xīng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhū mǔ ěr	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ödleblad	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ジュウヤク	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
九節蓮	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
侧耳根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
岑草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
手藥	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
狗貼耳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
狗跌耳	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
猪母耳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
臭敢草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
臭腥草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
臭臊草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
臭菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蕺草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
蕺菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
魚腥草	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
魚臊草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
鱼腥草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	fresh or dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Whole plant		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
herb in flowering	dried herb in flowering	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves		Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
terrestrial part		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
whole plant except the roots		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
aboveground parts		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Leaf		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
aerial parts	fresh or dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
terrestrial plant parts	terrestrial plant parts, flowering	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
whole plant		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
terrestrial part		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
aerial part		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Houttuynia cordata var. plena Makino J. Jap. Bot. 6: 38 (1929).
Houttuynia cordata f. polypetaloidea T.Yamaz. J. Jap. Bot. 61: 310 (1986).
Houttuynia cordata var. variegata Makino J. Jap. Bot. 6: 38 (1929).
Houttuynia cordata f. viridis J.Ohara J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 33: 72 (1985).
Houttuynia emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu & S.L.Zhang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 21: 1 (2001).
Houttuynia foetida G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 37 (1830).
Polypara cochinchinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 61 (1790).
Polypara cordata (Thunb.) H.Buek Gen. Sp. Candoll. 4: 310 (1874).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Houttuynia cordata	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Houttuynia cordata Thunb	Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018)
Houttuynia cordata Thunb.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Houttuynia cordata Thunberg	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Houttynia cordata (Thunb)	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)

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