Herbal Textual Research on Asian Ginseng
10.19879/j.cnki.1005-5304.202311298
- VernacularTitle:东洋参本草考证
- Author:
Qingzhuo WANG
1
,
2
;
Ningning YU
;
Xufeng YU
;
Yimin ZHANG
;
Sichao ZHANG
;
Suhua SONG
Author Information
1. 山东中医药大学中医学院,山东 济南 250355
2. 淄博高新技术产业开发区机关医院,山东 淄博 255000
- Keywords:
Asian ginseng;
herbal textual research;
origin;
identification of false;
producing areas
- From:
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;31(11):13-18
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Asian ginseng mostly appeared in herbal medical books in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.In modern literature,it is believed that this drug is alias of vigorously cultivated ginseng,Talinum paniculatum(Jacq.)Gaertn.,Pananis Japonici Rhizoma,Arctii Fructus and other drugs,and the origin is confused.This article made a textual research on the name,origin,producing areas,processing,property and taste,and efficacy.It is concluded that the Asian ginseng was earlier included in the Ben Cao Gang Mu Shi Yi in the Qing Dynasty,and was named Asian ginseng because it was produced in Japan.The original plant is Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer,which is a kind of Araliaceae plant.It takes Yunzhou,Huijin and Xinzhou of Japan as the true land,and is also cultivated in Northeast China.Asian ginseng medicinal materials are made by processing techniques such as net whiskers,boiling,cooling,and exposure to dryness.They are warm in property,sweet and slightly bitter in taste.They are good at tonifying qi and generating fluid,and can treat all deficiency syndromes of fluid and qi.In the Qing Dynasty,they were often used as Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma.The identification of false was also attached for distinguishing.
