The Four Southern Medicines are the names of traditional Chinese medicinal materials. They refer to the four traditional Chinese medicines produced in the area south of the Yangtze River in China: betel nut, Puzzle seeds, Amomum villosum and Morinda officinalis.

1. Betel nut: Alias: betel nut jade, renpin, betel nut, betel door, binmen, betel nan, jian betel, big belly, olive, green boy.

2. Morinda officinalis: Alias: chicken intestine wind, chicken eye vine, black vine drill, rabbit intestine, triangle vine, bran vine.

3. Yizhiren: Alias: Yizhiren, Puzzlezi.

4. Amomum villosum: Alias: spring amomum villosum, shell sand.

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As for the definition of southern medicine, some scholars believe that it is medicinal materials grown in tropical areas; others believe that medicinal materials produced in Vietnam are southern medicine; the Chinese medicinal materials industry calls them The imported medicinal materials are southern medicine. According to the definition commonly used by domestic pharmaceutical circles, southern medicine refers to authentic medicinal materials produced in the area south of the Yangtze River in China, with a total of about 1,500 species. These include the four major southern medicines.

At present (at the beginning of the 21st century), the four major southern medicines are mainly produced in Hainan, and their output accounts for more than 90% of the country's total.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Four Southern Medicines