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Official drug 



Part used 



Pulsatilla N.F. Entire herb 



Coptis N.F. 

 Adonis N.F. 



.Entire herb 

 Entire herb 



Delphinium N.F. Seeds 



Unofficial 



Aconiti Folia 



Helleborus 



Botanical name Habitat 



Anemone 

 Pulsatilla 



Anemone Europe 



Ludoviciana 

 Anemone pratensis 

 Coptis trifolia United States and 



Canada 

 Europe 



Adonis vernalis 

 Delphinium 

 Consolida 

 Delphinium 

 Ajacis 



Leaves and flower Aconitum 

 tops Napellus 



Rhizome and roots Helleborus niger 



Europe 



Europe, Asia, 

 western North 

 America 



Alps 



Berberidacea or Barberry Family. Herbs and woody plants with 

 watery juices and alternate, or radical, simple or compound leaves 

 often bearing spines or barbs, which give them a barbed appearance. 

 Fruit a berry or capsule. 



Official drug Part used Botanical name Habitat 



Berberis N.F. Rhizome and roots Berberis species of Western North 



the Sect. America 

 Odostemon 



Podophyllum Rhizome and roots Podophyllum Eastern North 



peltatum America 



Caulophyllum Rhizome and roots Caulophyllum Eastern United 



N.F. thalictroides States 



Menispermacea, or Moonseed Family. Choripetalous woody, 

 climbing, tropical plants with alternate, exstipulate, simple often 

 peltate leaves. Flowers green to white. Fruit a one-seeded succu- 

 lent drupe. Seeds albuminous. They usually contain tonic, nar- 

 cotic or poisonous bitter principles. 



