回回豆的本草学考证

Herbal Textual Research on Huihuidou(Semen Ciceris Arietini.)

[目的]考证回回豆在我国本草史上的起源及其沿革,以确定正品、排除伪品。[方法]考查古今文献记载并进行综合分析。[结果]历代本草所载回回豆尽管名称各异,但其功用和植物体特征与现代物种鹰嘴豆基本相符。[结论]回回豆来源于鹰嘴豆的种子,而非《本草纲目》中所认为的"回回豆"、"胡豆"和"豌豆"。

[ Objective] The research aimed to confirm the genuine medicinal origin of Huihuidou and exclude counterfeits from its genuine goods by the textual research of its original plant and evolution in Chinese herbal history. [ Method ] Literature retrieval and analysis by synthesis were carried out. [ Result] The medicinal function and plant characteristics of Huihuidou basically match up to the modern species Cicer arietinum L. （chickpea） though it has various names recorded in the past Chinese dynasties herbals. [ Conclusion] The result of textual research of herbal medicine Huihuidou demonstrated that it is the seed of Cicer arietinum L. , the representative species of the genus Cicer L. be- longing to Papilionoidieae of Leguminosae, but not the ＂Huihuidou＂, ＂Hudou＂ and ＂ Wandou＂ indicated by ＂Compendium of Materia Medica＂. The medicinal origin of Cicer arietinum L. is its seed called Huihuidou, namely Semen Ciceris Arietini.