"Polygonatum odoratum is a rhizome of Polygonatum odoratum on family Liliaceae and to keep to sweet flavour and warm, soft, hard with light quality. In Mongolian medicine, P. odoratum mainly used to improve nutrient in human body, remove renal disease with cold and qi quality, improve absorption of food in stomach. In this research summarized the research of chemical compound and research of pharmacological effect systematically on the basis of research material of P.odoratum. The plant contains abundant such as polysaccharides, homoisoflavanones, steroidal saponin and amino acid. Compounds of P.odoratum have many pharmacology effect such as improve immunology, antioxidant, anti bacteria, anti tumor, anti diabet etc. This research is an important approach to further research of P.odoratum."

"Biologically active supplement is natural health care food with no harm to the human body, rich in various vitamins and prevent us from disease. Aim of medicine is prevent from disease, treatment, diagnosis and to be clear such as indications, use, dose, main active substance, regulation of physiology. In This article, related knowledge of medicine and health care food, to clarify the relationship between health care food and medicine, which provide evidence for how to use health care food and medicine correctly. Biologically active supplements have many effects such as protects human body, improve health, prevent from disease etc, but the effects nature is not same. So biologically active supplements are not used as substitute to medicine. Key words: Biologically active supplement; medicine; difference."