| Plant origin | Drugs or compounds | Therapeutic effects and uses | Reference |
| Corydalis yanhusuo | Tetrahydropalmatine | Analgesic | [54] |
| Rhizoma Chuanxiong | Tetramethyl-pyrazine | Myocardial ischemia- reperfusion injury | [55] |
| Paeonia lactiflora | Paeoniflorin | Analgesic and sedative | [56] |
| Epimedium brevicornum | Icariin | Cancer and osteoporosis | [57] |
| Pueraria lobata | Puerarin | Diabetes and osteonecrosis | [58] |
| Salvia miltiorrhiza | Salvianolic acid B | Cardiovascular diseases | [59] |
| Uncaria rhynchophylla | Rhynchophylline | Anti-inflammatory, neuro-protective and anti-hypertensive | [60] [61] |
| Saussurea lappa | Costunolide | Anti-tumor | [62] |
| Gastrodia elata | Gastrodin | Neuro-protection and anti-convulsion | [63] [64] |