title: [New bencaological studies of traditional Chinese medicine after name "doukou"].
abstract: Lots of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) shares the same Chinese common names "Doukou". Because of similar Chinese names, appearances, functions and original plants, there are still no compromise on the original plants of "Doukou" up to now. Moreover, "Doukou" referred to more than one source of species, that is, it might refer to the Chinese crude drug derived from different plants during different historical periods. In order to identify the original botanical plants of "Doukou" during different historical periods and the relationship between these "Doukou", new bencaological studies of TCM under the name "Doukou" were carried out, which included the studies on literal description, image description, market investigation and systematic botanical research. A suggestion was made to change the Chinese name "Doukou" (Amomi Fructus Rotundus) to "Baidoukou".
authors.affiliation: School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 00852, China.
authors.forename: Menghua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Hubiao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhongzhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000145:classification / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal