Research progress on Typhonii Rhizoma / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Typhonii Rhizoma, the dried tuber of Typhonium giganteum, is a kind of commonly used Chinese materia medica for the treatment of cancer, stroke, trigeminal neuralgia, facial paralysis, and many other illnesses, but its active and toxic components as well as molecular mechanisms have not been specified. In this paper, the herbal textual research, historical evolutions in Pharmacopoeia, chemical composition, pharmacology and toxicology, processing and quality control of Typhonii Rhizoma were summarized in detail, so as to provide the references for the rational development and utilization of Typhonii Rhizoma.