Herbal Textual Research on Euryales Semen in Famous Classical Formulas
10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20231265
- VernacularTitle:经典名方中芡实的本草考证
- Author:
Zixuan GAO
1
;
Cheng QU
1
;
Hui YAN
1
;
Ling XIA
1
;
Sheng GUO
1
;
Zhilai ZHAN
2
Author Information
1. National and Local Collaborative Engineering Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization and Formulae Innovative Medicine，Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization，Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Classical Prescription，Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine，Nanjing 210023，China
2. State Key Laboratory for Quality Ensurance and Sustainable Use of Dao-di Herbs， National Resource Center of Chinese Materia Medica， China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences，Beijing 100700，China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
famous classical formulas;
Euryales Semen;
herbal textual research;
origin;
species;
change of geographical origin;
evolution of scientific name
- From:
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae
2024;30(11):210-217
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This paper systematically combed and verified the name， origin， producing area， quality evaluation， harvesting， processing of Euryales Semen in famous classical formulas by consulting relevant ancient materia medica， medical books， prescription books and modern literature. The results showed that Euryales Semen was first collected by materia medica under the name of Jitoushi， and since the Ming dynasty， Qianshi has been used as a proper name and continues to this day， with other aliases such as Yanhuishi. Euryale ferox， a plant of the Nymphaeaceae family， is the same as that used in the past dynasties. However， due to long-term artificial domestication， the varieties vary with the origin， including Beiqian and Suqian. The medicinal part of Euryales Semen is mature seed kernel， its origin of ancient records mainly includes Shandong， Jiangsu， Henan and other places， since the Ming and Qing dynasties， Euryales Semen produced in Suzhou has been highly praised. Since modern times， it has gradually summarized and formed the best quality evaluation method of Euryales Semen with full grains， white cross-section， powdery enough and no broken powder. The harvesting time in the past dynasties was mainly August or in autumn. The main processing methods in the past dynasties included peeling for powder， pounding powder after steaming， drying and frying. Up to now， two mainstream processing methods of cleansing and stir-frying have been formed. Based on the research results， it is recommended that the mature seed kernel of E. ferox be used in famous classical formula Yihuangtang. Combined with the processing requirements of the original formula， it is suggested to refer to the stir-frying method in the general principles of processing of the current edition of Chinese Pharmacopoeia.
