JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 1980, Vol. 4 ›› Issue (04): 126-131.doi: 10.3969/j.jssn.1000-2006.1980.04.015

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SOME NOTES ON CHINESE DRUGS "JIA-MI" AND "SOU-SHU"

Chiu Paolin   

  1. Hangzhou Botanical Garden
  • Online:1980-12-18 Published:1980-08-18

Abstract: This paper gives some supplementary remarks to Makino’s concepts on the original plants of "Jia-mi" and "Sou-shu" described in ancient Chinese herbals, presents a different view on those conclusions from Dr. J. Matsumura, and provides some new corroborative evidence on these plants."Jia-mi" described in "Tang Pen Tsao" is no other than "Children’s fist" mentioned in "Chiu Huang Pen Tsao". They both are Grewia biloba G. Don var. parviflora (Bunge) Hand.-Mazz. of Tiliaceae, not Viburnum dilatatum Thunb. of Caprifoliaceae, nor the plant commentated by Wu Chi-chun in "Chin Wu Ming Shih Tu Kao".The original plant described as "Sou-shu" in ancient Chinese herbals (at least in "Ming I Pieh Lu" and "Tang Pen Tsao" which have recorded its habitat and characters) should be identified as Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Maxim, of Caprifoliaceae. It is neither Deutzia scabra Thunb. (D. crenata Sieb. et Zucc.) of Saxifragaceae, nor the plant commentated by Wu Chi-chun in his works.