Solomonseal Rhizome from China,the south Ksitigarbha Huang Jing,the north Changbai Ginseng,Legend,history and folk remedy uses.

Contents

• Botanical Info of Rhizoma Polygonati.
• Polygonatum Plant Description and Growth Habit.
• Identifications and Origins of Solomonseal Root.
• Solomonseal Root Constituents and Phytochemicals.
• Characters and Effects,Main Functions of Solomonseal Root.
• Solomonseal Root Pharmacological Effects and Clinical Applications.
• Legend and History:Solomonseal Root.
• Solomonseal Root Combinations and folk remedies.
• Summary:Solomonseal Root.
• Research Update:Rhizoma Polygonati or Solomonseal Root.

Identifications and Origins of Solomonseal Root.:

Solomonseal Root Habitat:

 Rhizoma Polyonati cyrtonematis(DuoHua Huangjing,Ginger-shape Solomonseal Root): Main available from Zunyi,Bijie,AnShun of GuiZhou,AnHua,Yuanling, Qianyang of Hunan, Neijiang, Sichuan, Jiang Zhang of SiChuan, Hubei Huanggang, Xiaogan, Anhui Wuhu,Liu An, Zhejiang Ryan, Pingyang,Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi also available. Hunan, Guizhou origin quality the good.

 Rhizoma Polygonati sibirici(Huangjing,Chicken-Head Solomonseal Root): Main available from Zunhua, Qian'an, Chengde of Hebei, Wuchuan County,, Zhuozi, Liangcheng, Baotou of Inner Mongolia; In addition, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, and Shaanxi Province also available. Hebei, Inner Mongolia the big production.

 Rhizoma Polygonati kingiani(Dian Huangjing,Big-Size Solomonseal Root): Main available from Luodian, Xingyi, Zhenfeng, Xing Ling of Guizhou, Qujing,Dayao of Yunnan,Jingxi, Debao, Long-lin,Le Ye of Guang Xi.


 Characters Identification:

 Rhizoma Polyonati cyrtonematis(DuoHua Huangjing,Ginger-shape Solomonseal Root): Stem irregular massive, slightly larger flat, succulent hypertrophy, and thick short fewer branches, 2 to 18 cm long and 2 to 4 cm wide, 1 ~ 2.5 cm thick. Surface yellow brown to dark brown, rough, irregular lines and traces the roots of verrucous processes; stem scar of a disc-shaped depression; Festival was raised ring pattern, ranging from internode length, stem and bud scar near the more dense. Hard quality, not the whole stem, flexible, light brown face break, slightly horny. Gas Micro; taste Weitian, viscous.

 Rhizoma Polygonati sibirici(Huangjing,Chicken-Head Solomonseal Root): Rhizome round cone shape,tip enlarged, and sometimes a few months to thick short processes or branches, such as the shape of chicken head, 3 to 10 cm long, 0.5 to 1.5 cm in diameter. Most of the surface of thin vertical wrinkles. Paper-link, the section between 0.5 to 1 cm long. Kennedy of crisp, translucent. Gas Micro; taste light sweet, viscous

 Rhizoma Polygonati kingiani(Dian Huangjing,Big-Size Solomonseal Root): Rootstock or beaded massive hypertrophy was shaped over 10 cm long, swelling of 3 to 6 cm in diameter, the nodules 1 to 2 cm; irregular surface wrinkles; each nodules crown, a disc-shaped depression.Quality hard, yellow brown to yellow section. Microstrip caramel gas;taste light sweet, viscous.


 Microscopic identification:

 Rhizoma Polyonati cyrtonematis(DuoHua Huangjing,Ginger-shape Solomonseal Root): Rhizome (about 2 cm in diameter) Transverse section; an epidermal cells, the basic parenchyma in the mucous cells scattered containing calcium oxalate crystal needle beam. Hash bundles, and most of the tough, occasionally weeks of wood.

 Rhizoma Polygonati sibirici(Huangjing,Chicken-Head Solomonseal Root): Rhizome (about 1 cm in diameter) Transverse section; Most of the vascular type, a few the wood type.

 Rhizoma Polygonati kingiani(Dian Huangjing,Big-Size Solomonseal Root): Rhizome (about 2 cm in diameter) Transverse section; Most of the wood type.

 Physical and chemical identification:

 Take fhr powder 1 g, 20 ml water, hot water bath for 30 min, filtration, and the filtrate to the following test:

 from the filtrate 2 ml tube, add a reagent-naphthol 2-3 drops,shake to equilibrium, along the wall and 1 ml of sulfuric acid, at the junction of two surface with red ring. (Sugar reaction)

 from 2 ml fluid flow, and mixed Fehling 3 ml reagent,shake to equilibrium, after a short heated in a water bath, brick red produce precipitation. (Sugar reaction)

 Paper chromatography:

 Powder 3 g,50 ml of methanol, returning 4b, abandoned methanol, fried residues adequate water for 2 h, filtration, and the filtrate was about 20 ml, add ethanol to 65% of the volume of alcohol solution, a white floc precipitation, frozen overnight, and filtration. Precipitation plus 1 mol / L 1 ml of sulfuric acid, boiling water bath home heating 2 b, a transparent solution, a small amount of water with down-to PH6 barium carbonate-7, filtration, liquid-acidity in the hydrogenation of ion exchange resin 1 tsp, placed overnight , filtered resin, the filtrate to shrink for the test solution. Another to galacturonic acid, mannose, glucose as reference substance. Points respectively in the same kind Whatman NO: l filter, the use of naphthol a concentrated aqueous ammonia (40 g: 10ml: 5 drops) downlink start to a phthalate aniline (1.66 g: 0.93ml solubilization in water guns, and the n-butanol), spray, bake 105 degrees for 20 min. For the test and reference substance chromatography Chromatography in the corresponding position in the same stain.

Reference:

• 1.Solomonseal Rhizome from China,the south Ksitigarbha Huang Jing,the north Changbai Ginseng,Legend,history and folk remedy uses.

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♣ last edit date:27th,Oct.2010.