Investigation of the Original Botanical Source of Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex Used in Medicine Before the Tang Dynasty
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2025.09.037
- VernacularTitle:唐以前厚朴的入药基原考
- Author:
Bohang BAO
1
;
Ming LU
;
Maocai LIU
Author Information
1. 广州中医药大学第二附属医院,广东省中医院,广东 广州 510120
- Keywords:
Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex;
Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu(Collective Commentaries on the Classic of Materia Medica);
botanical origin;
Cinnamomum parthenoxylum(Jack)Nees;
textual research on materia medica;
before the Tang Dynasty
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;42(9):2349-2353
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
By examining the records of Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex in the literature about materia medica before the Tang Dynasty,and through analyzing the practical application and botanical knowledge about Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex recorded in the Eastern Han Dynasty's Wu Wei Han Dai Yi Jian(Wuwei Medical Bamboo Slips)and the Tang Dynasty's Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang(Essential Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold Pieces for Emergency),this study conducted a comparative analysis of the therapeutic actions,plant morphology,and fruiting periods of Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex documented in Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu(Collective Commentaries on the Classic of Materia Medica)compiled by Tao Hongjing during the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties.The findings suggest that before the Tang Dynasty,the inner bark of some Lauraceae plants might have been used as Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex.Specifically,the plant growing in Jiaozhi(present-day northern Vietnam)was likely Cinnamomumparthenoxylum(Jack)Nees of the Lauraceae family,while the one growing in Yuanqu(present-day Heze,Shandong)might have been Machilus thunbergii Sieb.et Zucc.or other Lauraceae species distributed in ancient Shandong.The results of textual research will provide reference for further clarifying the historical development of ancient pharmacology and the evolution of traditional Chinese medicinal sources,and will also offer valuable perspectives for the resource conservation and sustainable utilization of Magnoliaceae plants used for Houpoea officinalins nowadays.
