title: [Textural research on Zibei Xiqi in Bencao Gangmu Shiyi (a supplement to compendium of materia medica)].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China. gaoxiaojie87@163.com
authors.forename: Xiao-Jie
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Shui-Li
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D008419:Materia Medica