OBJECTIVE:To briefly analyze the fresh herb processing and application methods in Shengcao Yaoxing Beiyao, and to offer references for modern fresh herb application. METHODS:All 311 herbs stated in Shengcao Yaoxing Beiyao were stud-ied individually to record their processing and application methods from property and performance. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS:19 fresh herb processing methods and 25 application methods were recorded in this book. The 19 fresh herb processing methods in-cluded juicing method,mud method,soaking method,water-boiling method,wine-boiling method,ten-steaming and nine-basking method,carbon method,burning-ash method,chewing method,mincing method,cooking method,and so on. The 25 application methods of fresh herbs included applying,scraping,painting,sticking,washing,spreading,immersing,bathing,ear-dropping, fuming,oral administration with wine,mouth-keeping,juice-drinking,boiling,water-boiling-drinking and tea-drinking,frying, decocting,toasting,steaming,blending,stewing,oral administration with tea,pastry,brewing,alleviating fishy smell,and so on. It is necessary to strengthen the origins research and re-research of herbs,and develop several empirical studies about the influ-ence for fresh herbs’effective ingredient quantitative change by their processing methods,and the influence for fresh herbs’phar-macology index by application methods,in order to form intellectual property.

Ecological charactcristics and biological specific feature of Helleborus thibetanus Fran ch. were briefly described and cultivation technique to transform the wild plant into itscultivated variety was studied to provide a basis for the protection and expliotation ofthe wild resource of H. thibetanus.