Consideration on development of Bletillae striata based on whitening theory in traditional Chinese medicine / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Bletillae striata is an important Chinese materia medica of traditional whitening recipe. This paper systematically expounded the traditional theory and modern pharmacological research of whitening from multiple perspectives for B. striata, such as Chinese medicine theory in whitening and its historical evolution, modern biological and pharmacological mechanism studies of whitening, and the related chemical composition in B. striata for "white treat black". And then, the industrial development idea of B. striata was initially proposed. This research provided an important idea and reference for the development and industrialization of B. striata whitening effect.