Efficacy of a Chinese herbal formula on hepatitis B e antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B patients

Table 3 The list of raw herbs composing the Chinese herbal formula

Chinese name	Latin name	Parts of plant used	Dose of dryplant (grams)	Dose afterextraction (grams)
Ye xia zhu	Phyllanthus urinaria Linn	Whole plant	30	12.00
Ci wu jia	Radix et caulis acanthopanacis senticosi	Root and rhizome	10	0.50
Xian ling pi	Herba Epimedii	Overground part	30	1.50
Nv zhen zi	Fructus ligustri lucidi	Mature fruit	15	1.50
Han lian cao	Herba ecliptae	Overground part	15	1.50
Chai hu	Radix bupleuri	Root	10	1.67
Bai shao	Radix paeoniae alba	Root	10	1.00
Zhi shi	Fructus aurantii immaturus	Fruitlet	10	1.67
Tao ren	Semen persicae	Nuts	10	0.50
Gan cao	Radix glycyrrhizae	Root and rhizome	5	0.83
Hu zhang	Rhizoma polygoni cuspidati	Root and rhizome	15	1.00
Xi huang cao	Herba rabdosiae serrae	Whole plant	30	9.00
Total			190	32.67