[Herbal textural research on species of Xanthii Fructus].

Abstract

Xanthii Fructus is a traditional medicine for the treatment of nasal diseases in clinic, mainly come from the burs of Xanthium sibiricum with a worldwide distribution. By sorting and studying literature of Chinese medicine and comparing different figures recorded with the morphological description of several species from Xanthium (Asteraceae) in the Flora of China, combining the biological investigation in resource survey, the article pointed out that the burs or the whole herbs of X. mongolicum, as well as X. sibiricum, has been used by the traditional Chinese medicine in ancient time. It provides a reference for further studies in the future.

• Authors: Dong-mei Xie, Min-jian Qin, Lu-qi Huang
• Journal: Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica (Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi) Vol. 40 Issue 9 Pg. 1842-4 (May 2015) ISSN: 1001-5302 [Print] China
• PMID: 26323160 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Historical Article, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Topics

• China
• Herbal Medicine (history)
• History, Ancient
• Medicine in Literature
• Medicine, Chinese Traditional (history)
• Xanthium (anatomy & histology, classification)