Textual research on traditional application of Moringa.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20200401.101
- Author:
Zi-Jun SHA
1
;
Ying-Hua LIU
2
;
Bin YANG
3
;
Zhi-Yong LI
4
;
Yan ZHEN
5
;
Hong-Jun YANG
6
;
Lu-Qi HUANG
6
Author Information
1. Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700, China School of Pharmacy, Minzu University of China Beijing 100081, China.
2. Beijing Tibetan Hospital China Tibetology Research Center, Beijing 100029, China.
3. Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700, China.
4. School of Pharmacy, Minzu University of China Beijing 100081, China Collaborative Innovation Center for the Development of New Chinese Medicine Resources in Yunnan Kunming 650051, China Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology Kunming 650504, China.
5. Institute of Chinese Medical History and Literature, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700, China.
6. China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Moringa;
textual research;
the Silk Road;
traditional application
- MeSH:
China;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Medicine, Traditional;
Moringa;
Tibet
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2020;45(12):2800-2807
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Moringa has a long history of edible and medicinal use in foreign countries, this paper collected and sorted out the traditional application of Moringa recorded in the ancient medical books and historical materials of countries and regions along the ancient Silk Road. According to preliminary research, the earliest record of Moringa in China can be traced back to The Bower Manuscript(volume Ⅱ)(about the 4 th-6 th century A.D.) unearthed in Kuqa, Xinjiang. Around the 8 th century, with the communication between countries along the ancient Silk Road becoming prosperous, more and more medical books containing Moringa and its prescriptions were introduced to Tibet, Xinjiang and other places in today's China. The leaves, root bark, seeds and stem bark of Moringa all can be used for medicinal purposes and are recorded in The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India(API). Among them, Moringa leaves have been approved as a new resource food in China. According to the API, it is of cold property and sweet taste, its post-digestive effect is sweet and has the functions of removing wind, bile and fat, relieving pain, killing abdominal worms, moistening skin, brightening eyes and clearing brain. It can be used to treat edema, parasitic diseases, spleen diseases, abscess, tumor, pharyngeal swelling and other diseases. This study explored and organized the historical evidence of communication through the Silk Road and traditional application records of Moringa, in order to provide the evidence of traditional medicine basis, medicine property and efficacy application reference for the realization of the introduction of Moringa as a new resource of traditional Chinese medicine.
