Herbal Textual Research on Genuine Medicinal Materials “Deng Ju” and Quality Evaluation of Nan Yang Chrysanthemi Flos / 中国实验方剂学杂志

Objective: To study the origin of Nanyang Chrysanthemi Flos materia medica and its historical origin, in order to evaluate the quality of Nanyang Chrysanthemi Flos by HPLC method, and define the advantages of Nanyang Chrysanthemi Flos with the origin of Nanyang. Method: Records of Nanyang Chrysanthemi Flos in the "Chinese Medical Code" and related ancient documents were studied to explain the origin and application. The genetic relationship between Nanyang Chrysanthemi Flos and other pieces was revealed in ancient literatures. Then 8 chemical constituents in 14 batches of Chrysanthemi Flos were determined by HPLC multi-components quantitation,and the comprehensive weighted score analysis was performed based on the results. The HPLC fingerprints were established,and the similarity analysis and clustering analysis were made to comprehensive evaluation the quality of Nanyang Chrysanthemi Flos and define the genetic relationship between Nanyang and other pieces at the chemical composition level. Result: The results of the herbal textual research show that Nanyang Chrysanthemi Flos spread from place to place since the Han dynasty,and impact many medicinal chrysanthemums of later generations. HPLC fingerprints similarity and cluster analysis also indicated the genetic relationship between Nanyang Chrysanthemi Flos and other species at the chemical level. The comprehensive score analysis results show that Nanyang Chrysanthemi Flos is of good quality and very suitable for medicinal purposes. Conclusion: Nanyang has been a quality production area of Chrysanthemi Flos since ancient times to present. Nanyang Chrysanthemi Flos is very suitable for medicinal purposes and worthy of promotion.

Study on names of Wenyujin Rhizoma Curcumae and Rhizoma Curcumae Longae Concisa and their origins / 中国中药杂志

To study the name of Wenyujin Rhizoma Concisum and Film Turmeric by literature research methods provide the basis for correct application of Cuba in modern clinical application. Wenyujin Rhizoma Concisum and Film Turmeric often called each other mutual generation and used as the same kind of medicine in the ancient prescriptions books. They were often recorded and stated as the same species of Curcumae Longae Rhizoma. Wenyujin Rhizoma Concisum and Curcumae Longae Rhizoma also often called each other mutual generation in the ancient prescriptions books and used as the same kind of medicine. Wenyujin Rhizoma Concisum was often recorded and stated under the Curcumae Longae Rhizoma articles in the ancient materia medica literatures. Ancient literatures on Wenyujin Rhizoma Concisum records were almost the same, the modern literatures on the records of the sources of Wenyujin Rhizoma Concisum were inconsistency. Inconsistency of Wenyujin Rhizoma Concisum source records in modern literatures was related to the changes of the modern records on source records about Curcumae Longae Rhizoma, Root-tuber of Aromatic Curcumae Longae Rhizoma and Zedoray. The author thinks that Wenyujin Rhizoma Concisum is the ancient Film Turmeric which referes to the same medicine as Curcumae Longae Rhizoma. The source of it just as the Curcumae Longae Rhizoma is not only one kind. Wenyujin Rhizoma Concisum and Curcumae Longae Rhizoma have been recorded as two medicines at the present, and the source of them simply referes to the original plant Curcuma wenyujin. When using ancient prescriptions, we need to understand the changes that Curcumae Longae Rhizoma and Wenyujin Rhizoma Concisum are the same in ancient but different today in order to choose medicine correctly in the clinical.