Evolution of commercial specification and experimental identification terms of Gastrodiae Rhizoma.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20200329.102
- Author:
Xiao-Jing HAN
1
;
Ming-En CHENG
1
;
Yuan YUAN
2
;
Shuang-Ying GUI
1
;
Hua-Sheng PENG
3
Author Information
1. School of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine Hefei 230012, China.
2. Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit(No.2019RU057), National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700, China.
3. School of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine Hefei 230012, China Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit(No.2019RU057), National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100700, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Gastrodiae Rhizoma;
commercial specification;
experimental identification;
herbal textual research
- MeSH:
China;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
Gastrodia;
Materia Medica;
Rhizome
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2020;45(11):2702-2707
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Gastrodia Rhizoma, as a precious Chinese materia medica, has attracted the attention of Chinese materia medica experts in the past dynasties for the commercial specification and experimental identification, and has gradually formed a wealth of terms concerning commercial specification and experimental identification. Through combing the literatures of successive dynasties, this paper discussed the change of the commercial specification of the Gastrodiae Rhizoma and formation of its identifying terms. It has found that the Gastrodiae Rhizoma mainly came from the dried rhizomes of the Gastrodia elata f.elata before the Qing Dynasty. Since the Qing Dynasty, G. elata in Yunnan and Guizhou gradually arose and become one of sources of mainstream commodities. After that, G. elata f. glauca and G. elata f. elata were becoming the main sources of Gastrodiae Rhizoma. Before the large-scale cultivation of G. elata in the 1970 s, there is only wild G. elata over the country. In terms of commercial specification, they were often classified into Chunma and Dongma according to their harvest time. With the successful promotion of cultivation technology and the endangered wild resources of G. elata, the Dongma became the mainstream in the market. The adulterants of G. elata increased significantly in the 1960 s and 1970 s, in this period, the terms of experimental identification for G. elata also increased obviously. Experimental identification is distinctive in different times, therefore, studying experimental identification of medicinal materials helps to promote the development of the Chinese materia medica.
