中药萆薢原植物及商品的调查

Investigation on the Plant Origin and Commodity of Chinese Drug Bixie

经调查认为,目前国内市场商品萆薢及民间习用品的原植物为薯蓣科薯蓣属、百合科菝葜属及肖菝葜属的24种植物。

An investigation has been made on the Chinese drug Bixie available in drug market, its folk uses and plant origin in different districts in China. The results reveal that the drug Bixie presently used in different regions in China are derived from 24 species belongiag to genus Dioscorea (Family Dioscoreaceae); genus Smilax and Hetrosmilax (Family Liliaceae).