Six Chinese Medicines are Approved as Food Ingredients in China! Nine More Substances Expected to be Added

S.N.

Latin name

Part

Note

1

Angelica sinensis (Oliv. )Diels

root

Use as spice and condiment.

2

Kaempferia galangal L.

rhizome

Use as spice and condiment.

3

Crocus sativus L.

stigma

Use as spice and condiment, also known as "saffron" in spice and condiment.

4

Amomum tsao-ko Crevost et Lemaire

fruit

Use as spice and condiment.

5

Curcuma longa L.

rhizome

Use as spice and condiment.

6

Piper longum L.

ear

Use as spice and condiment.

S.N.

Latin name

Part

1

Codonopsis pilosula （ Franch. ） Nannf.

root

Codonopsis pilosula Nannf. var . modesta (Nannf.) L.T.Shen

Codonopsis tangshen Oliv.

2

Cistanche deserticola Y.C.Ma

succulent stem

3

Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo

stem

4

Panax quinquefolium L.

root

5

Astragalus membranaceus （ Fisch. ） Bge.var. mongholicus （ Bge. ） Hsiao

root

Astragalus membranaceus （ Fisch. ） Bge.

6

Ganoderma lucidum （ Leyss. ex Fr. ） Karst.

sporocarp

Ganoderma sinense Zhao, Xu et Zhang

7

Cornus officinalis Sieb.et Zucc.

flesh

8

Gastrodia elata B1 .

tuber

9

Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.

leaf