title: [Continuity and changes of medical varieties of rhizoma Corydalis in modern and ancient times].
abstract: Through systematic textual research on Bencao, it is definite that the initial medical variety of Rhizoma Corydalis was Corydalis tartschaninovii produced in the northeast of China. After the Ming Dynasty, it was replaced gradually by the cultivated variety in Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang Province. At present, Corydalis turtschaninovii should be the variety of first choice among the medical resources of Rhizoma Corydalis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Z W
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D010598:Pharmacognosy / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal