[Textural research on Zibei Xiqi in Bencao Gangmu Shiyi (a supplement to compendium of materia medica)].
OBJECTIVE
To research the origin of Zibei Xiqi which included in Volume 3 of < Bencao Gangmu Shiyi > (A supplement to the compendium of materia medica).


METHODS
The origin of Zibei Xiqi was confirmed with textural, botanical characteristics research and drug name, therapeutic effects and so on.


RESULTS
The origin of Zibei Xiqi was confirmed.


CONCLUSIONS
The Zibei Xiqi which is recorded in < Bencao Gangmu Shiyi > should be the immature herbs of Shuang Hudie [Tripterospermum chinense, Gentianaceae], and suggest to correct the original records of the drug name.
Gao
Xiao-Jie
XJ
College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China. gaoxiaojie87@163.com
Zhang
Shui-Li
SL
D004358:Drug Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry*; D008419:Materia Medica / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009626:Terminology as Topic
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D008419:Materia Medica