Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy (생약학회지)
- Volume 26 Issue 2
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- Pages.168-174
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- 1995
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- 0253-3073(pISSN)
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- 2288-9299(eISSN)
A Pharmacognostical Study on the 'Man Byung Cho'
만병초의 생약학적 연구
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Park, Jong-Hee
(College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University)
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- Kim, Jin-Soo (College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University) ;
- Jeong, Ae-Yeong (College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University) ;
- Namba, Tsuneo (Research Institute for Wakan-Yaku, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutial University)
- Published : 1995.06.30
Abstract
Korean folk medicine 'Man Byung Cho' has been used to cure abdominal pain, athlete's foot and neuralgia. The botanical origin of the crude drug has never been studied pharmacognostically. To clarify the botanical origin of 'Man Byung Cho', the leaf morphology and anatomy were examined for the Korean species of Rhododendron subgenus Hymenanthes, such as R. brachycarpum G. Don, R. brachycarpum var. rosueum Koidz. and R. aureum Georgi. The study shows that 'Man Byung Cho' is the leaf of R. brachycarpum and R. brachycarpum var. roseum.
Keywords
- Rhododendron brachycarpum;
- R. brachycarpum var. roseum;
- Man Byung Cho;
- Ericaceae;
- Korean folk medicine;
- botanical origin;
- anatomical study