| Index | En | Zh | Explanation | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plant | 全株 | The entire plant is used medicinally including both aerial and underground parts. | References2 |
| 2 | plant young | 幼株 | Young plants harvested at an early growth stage are used for medicine. | References2 |
| 3 | herb | 全草 | Whole herb refers to using the entire herbaceous plant as medicine often harvested together with the roots. | References2 |
| 4 | herb with flower | 带花全草 | The whole herb is harvested and used together with its flowers. | References2 |
| 5 | herb with fruit | 带果全草 | The whole herb is harvested and used together with its fruits. | References2 |
| 6 | herb with infructescence | 带果序全草 | The whole herb is harvested and used together with its infructescence. | References2 |
| 7 | part aerial | 地上部 | The aboveground part. | References2 |
| 8 | part aerial with fruit | 带果地上部 | The aerial parts are used together with the attached fruits. | References2 |
| 9 | colony | 群落 | The medicinal material is a colony or community of organisms such as a fungal colony or algal mat. | References2 |
| 10 | seedling | 苗 | Seedlings collected at the juvenile stage are used medicinally. | References2 |
| 11 | seedling sick | 病苗 | Diseased seedlings showing symptoms are used as the medicinal material. | References2 |
| 12 | root | 根 | The medicinal part referred to is one of the nutritional organs of vascular plants, which is the underground part of the plant body developed from the embryonic root. | References2 |
| 13 | root young | 幼根 | Young roots at an early growth stage with relatively tender tissues. | References2 |
| 14 | root old | 老根 | Old roots with more developed and hardened tissues. | References2 |
| 15 | root tender | 嫩根 | Tender root portions are used as the medicinal part. | References2 |
| 16 | root primary | 主根 | When the seed germinates, the root that grows vertically into the ground is formed by the division and elongation of the embryonic root cells. | References2 |
| 17 | root lateral | 侧根 | The roots that originate from the sheath part of the main root's interior. Their growth direction often forms a certain angle with the main root and can branch repeatedly. | References2 |
| 18 | root fine | 细根 | Fine roots or small rootlets are used medicinally. | References2 |
| 19 | root tip | 根尖 | The root tip growth zone often including the root cap and meristematic tissue. | References2 |
| 20 | root adventitious | 不定根 | Adventitious roots arising from stems or leaves rather than the embryonic root. | References2 |