ZHOU Hai-yan,DU Jie,BAI Yang,et al.Herbal Textual Research on Myrrha in Famous Classical Formulas[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2022,28(10):123-129.
ZHOU Hai-yan,DU Jie,BAI Yang,et al.Herbal Textual Research on Myrrha in Famous Classical Formulas[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2022,28(10):123-129. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20211950.
Herbal Textual Research on Myrrha in Famous Classical Formulas增强出版
In order to provide the basis for the development of famous classical formulas containing Myrrha, the name, origin, quality evaluation, harvest and processing of Myrrha were systematically researched by consulting the ancient herbal and medical books, combining with the modern related literature. According to textual research, the results showed that
Commiphora myrrha
was the main base in ancient times, which was produced in Somalia, Ethiopia and northern Kenya. In addition, raw and fried products of Myrrha were the commonly used specifications in ancient herbal medicine, which are still used today. Nowadays, Myrrha, fried Myrrha and vinegar-processed Myrrha were the commonly used specifications. Among the three specifications, Myrrha is the raw products after cleaning, fried Myrrha is a kind of processed products, which has relevant records in ancient materia medica and is still used today. Vinegar-processed Myrrha is a new processing specification in modern times. Based on the research results, it is suggested that Myrrha in Shentong Zhuyutang should be the purified raw Myrrha in accordance with the 2020 edition of
Chinese Pharmacopoeia
.
关键词
经典名方没药基原炮制方法本草考证醋制品身痛逐瘀汤
Keywords
famous classical formulasMyrrhaoriginprocessing methodsherbal textual researchvinegar productsShentong Zhuyutang
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