title: [Textual and herbal studies on shashen and qini (Adenophora spp.)].
abstract: This paper reports the origins of the Chinese traditional drugs nanshashen and beishashen, as well as the original plants of shashen, xingyeshashen, xiyeshasen and qini recorded in the bencaological works of the past dynasties. Our study shows that shashen is Adenophora stricta, both xingyeshashen and qini are A. hunanensis and xiyeshashen is A. paniculata.
authors.affiliation: China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D010598:Pharmacognosy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal