pThis second volume contains 231 species of 40 families of medicinal plants. The most important family of which are Magnoliaceae, such as Magnolia officinalis and Magnolia officinalis subsp. biloba Schisandra chinensis of Schisandraceae Cinnamomum aromaticum of Lauraceae, Coptis chinensis Franch., Coptis omeiensis and Coptis teeta of Berberidaceae Isatis indigotica, Lepidium apetalum and Raphanus sativus of Cruciferae Rheum palmatum, Rheum officinale and Rheum taguticum of Polygonaceae, etc.p pIn each specie, it introduces the scientific names, herbal medicine names, characteristics, habitats, distributions, Acquisition and processing methods, medicinal traits, tastes, functions, use and dosages, and other information of medicinal plants. The color pictures of all species in their wild forms are presented, along with some pictures of medicinal products made of them.p This book series has totally 10 volumes, which covers 2000 kinds of Chinese medicines that are commonly seen or used. Th