The name of gardenoside control to a certain degree of confusion in chinese and English.This paper analysis the existing mix condition of gardenoside's name by researching the related keywords of gardenoside from CNKI and comparating the search results

in the same time

to find the solution to the problem according to the traditional nomenclature. The author found it is more cormon in the gardenoside name mix

combine to the Commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine effective ingredient nomenclature

put forward ‘zhizigan' to gardenoside is to provide a reference for the for scholar’s further exchanges.