title: [The vicissitude of Huangjing (rhizome of king solomonseal) germplasm].
abstract: Huangjing (rhizome of king solomonseal), originally recorded in Ming yi bie lu involved several kinds of Polygonatum plant. The Huangjing of Northern and Southern dynasties was derived from rhizome nodular groups of Polygonatum plant. In Tang and Song dynasties, the verticillate leaf group of Polygonatum plant was enthroned especially the Polygonati sibiricum Delar. ex Redoute and formed the genuine productive area: Songshan and Maoshan. Such situation continued until Ming dynasty. After Qing dynasty, alternate leaf group together with verticillate leaf group became the main variety of Polygonatum herb. In the period of republic of China, the Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua of alternate leaf group developed into the main stream of Medicinal Huangjing and finally formed the medicated situation of two kinds of groups of this time.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacy Institute of Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230031, China.
authors.forename: Ming-en
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: De-qun
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000266:history*; D029001:Herbal Medicine / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*; D018515:Plant Leaves; D031384:Polygonatum; D027343:Rhizome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal