Study of genuineness based on changes of ancient herbal origin--taking Astragalus membranaceus and Salvia miltiorrhiza as examples.

Author: Zhi-Lai ZHAN ¹ ; Ai-Ping DENG ¹ ; Hua-Sheng PENG ² ; Xiao-Bo ZHANG ¹ ; Lan-Ping GUO ¹ ; Lu-Qi HUANG ¹
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1. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Dao-di Herbs, National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
2. Anhui Key Laboratory of Modernized Chinese Material Medical, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Astragalus membranaceus; Dao-di herbs; Salvia miltiorrhiza; changes of producing areas; herbalogical study
From: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2016;41(17):3202-3208
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Basically, Dao-di hers are produced in specific area which has a long history, good quality, good medicine, curative effect. However genuine medicinal material area in history is not static, this makes the establishment of genuine medicinal material origin and the in-depth research be very difficult. This paper has profoundly analyzed the origin of different historical periods taking Astragalus membranaceus and Salvia miltiorrhiza as examples, and then summarized the reasons of herbal origin changes from the humanities, social and natural three aspects. This paper provides a basis for establishment and the further research of high-quality genuine producing area.