Herbal textual research on Rubi Fructus.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20210124.103
- Author:
Tian-Yue LIAO
1
;
Zhi-Lai ZHAN
2
;
Jin XU
1
;
Kai-Yuan WANG
1
;
Jing-Qiong WAN
3
;
Yuan WEI
1
;
Wu-Wei MENG
4
;
Zhen OUYANG
1
Author Information
1. School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University Zhenjiang 212013, China.
2. National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700, China.
3. School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University Zhenjiang 212013, China.
4. Bozhou Jingwan Chinese Herbal Medicine Factory Bozhou 236800, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Rubi Fructus;
herbal textual research;
origin;
pro-perties,tastes and efficacy;
processing and concocting;
producing areas;
quality evaluation
- MeSH:
China;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
Fruit;
Humans;
Materia Medica;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Rubus
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2021;46(10):2607-2616
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Rubi Fructus is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine. The origin of Rubi Fructus is the dried fruit of Rubus chingii, a plant of the family Rosaceae, according to the 2015 edition of Chinese pharmacopoeia. There are some differences in the plant origin of Rubi Fructus in ancient herbal literature, to trace back its sources, we conducted a textual research on its origin, producing areas, quality evaluation, processing and concocting, properties, tastes and efficacy etc. based on the records of ancient herbal literatures and combined with plant morphology and related investigation. RESULTS:: showed that the variety of Rubi Fructus was more complex among ancient herbal literature, including R. coreanus, R. hirsutus, R. corchorifolius, R. foliolosus and other mixed varieties. Most scholars believe that the R. chingii has not been recorded in ancient herbal literature, while R. chingii was recorded as early as the Ming Dynasty in Compendium of materia medica through our textual research. Ancient Chinese herbs recorded that Rubi Fructus was mostly produced in Hubei, Shandong, Shanxi and Jiangsu provinces, while R. chingii mainly produced in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and other provinces nowadays. Also, it was recorded that Rubi Fructus harvested in wheat field during May were the best. Besides, R. chingii with big, full, grain integrate, firm, yellow and green color, sour taste and impurity free possess the best quality in the contemporary. The ancient records of processing and concocting, properties, tastes and efficacy were basically the same as modern ones.These results provide the basis for the correct utilization and further development of Rubi Fructus.
