Chloranthaceae

Chloranthaceae is a family of flowering plants (angiosperms), the only family in the order Chloranthales. The family consists of four extant genera, totaling about 77 known species. Some species are used in traditional medicine. The plants of Chloranthaceae are widely distributed and rich in resources in our country, records of ancient herbs indicaded that various species of plants of Chloranthaceae can be used for medicinal purposes, especially the Sarcandra glabra which with the least toxicity and possessed the function of clearing heat and cooling blood, activating blood to eliminate spots and removing wind and dredging collaterals.