Xiang Ying-Long, Mei Gui-Lin, Luo Han, Fang Wen-Tao, Peng Hua-Sheng, Feng Cheng-Wu, Yang Qing-Shan, Li Xiang-Yu, Zhang Yan-Peng
College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China.
Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources Protection and Development, Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China.
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2017 Jul;42(13):2606-2611. doi: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20170614.006.
Both Patrinia Herba and Patrinia Radix are traditional Chinese herbal medicines. The herbal source and medicinal part of them are confusing in the herbal medicine market of China. To explore the evolution and transition of the herbal source and medicinal part of Patrinia Herba and Patrinia Radix, this paper systematically summarizes the record of the herbal source and medicinal part of them in ancient classics of herbal medicine in China. According to the findings, before Ming Dynasty, Patrinia Herba originated from the radix of the plants with yellow flowers of Patrinia. In Ming and Qing Dynasty, Patrinia Herba originates from the whole plant (including the radix)of the plant with white flowers of Patrinia. In Ming Dynasty, Patrinia Radix, stemming from the radix of the plants with yellow flowers of Patrinia, started to be used as a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, which had the same herbal source with that of Patrinia Herba before Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Patrinia Herba and Patrinia Radix can be seen as the same traditional Chinese herbal medicine, and the genuine of Patrinia Herba should be the radix and the whole herba of P. scabiosaefolia and P. heterophylla.
败酱草和败酱根均为传统中药材。在中国中药材市场上，它们的草药来源和药用部位存在混淆。为探究败酱草和败酱根草药来源及药用部位的演变与变迁，本文系统总结了中国古代本草典籍中关于它们草药来源和药用部位的记载。研究发现，明代以前，败酱草来源于黄花败酱属植物的根部。明清时期，败酱草来源于白花败酱属植物的全株（包括根部）。明代，败酱根开始作为中药材使用，其来源于黄花败酱属植物的根部，与明代以前败酱草的草药来源相同。因此，败酱草和败酱根可视为同一种传统中药材，败酱草的正品应为黄花败酱和异叶败酱的根及全草。
