Evolution and transition of source of Patrinia Herba and Patrinia Radix.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20170614.006
- Author:
Ying-Long XIANG
1
;
Gui-Lin MEI
1
;
Han LUO
1
;
Wen-Tao FANG
1
;
Hua-Sheng PENG
1
;
Cheng-Wu FENG
1
;
Qing-Shan YANG
1
;
Xiang-Yu LI
2
;
Yan-Peng ZHANG
2
Author Information
1. College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China.
2. Anhui Jiren Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Bozhou 236800, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Patrinia Herba;
Patrinia Radix;
evolution and transition;
sources
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2017;42(13):2606-2611
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Both Patrinia Herba and Patrinia Radix are traditional Chinese herbal medicines. The herbal source and medicinal part of them are confusing in the herbal medicine market of China. To explore the evolution and transition of the herbal source and medicinal part of Patrinia Herba and Patrinia Radix, this paper systematically summarizes the record of the herbal source and medicinal part of them in ancient classics of herbal medicine in China. According to the findings, before Ming Dynasty, Patrinia Herba originated from the radix of the plants with yellow flowers of Patrinia. In Ming and Qing Dynasty, Patrinia Herba originates from the whole plant (including the radix)of the plant with white flowers of Patrinia. In Ming Dynasty, Patrinia Radix, stemming from the radix of the plants with yellow flowers of Patrinia, started to be used as a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, which had the same herbal source with that of Patrinia Herba before Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Patrinia Herba and Patrinia Radix can be seen as the same traditional Chinese herbal medicine, and the genuine of Patrinia Herba should be the radix and the whole herba of P. scabiosaefolia and P. heterophylla.
