• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.293-296
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• 2011

'JaGuiNaMu' is one of the Korean crude drugs used mainly to cure neuralgia, bone fracture, jaundice, and headache. With regard to the botanical origin of 'JaGuiNaMu', it has been considered to be Albizzia species of Leguminosae, but there was no pharmacognostical confirmation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of 'JaGuiNaMu', the anatomical characteristics of the branch of Albizzia species growing wild in Korea, A. julibrissin and A. coreana were studied. As a result, it was clarified that 'JaGuiNaMu' was the branch of Albizzia julibrissin.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.89-93
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• 2010

Korean folk medicine 'GaJi' has been used to treat a boil, cough, mushroom poisoning and stomach cancer. The botanical origin of the crude drug has never been studied pharmacognostically. To clarify the botanical origin of 'GaJi', the morphological and anatomical characteristics of the stems of Solanum species growing in Korea, i.e. S. japonense Nakai, S. lyratum Thunb., S. melongena L., S. nigrum L. were compared. As a result, it was determined that GaJi was the stem of Solanum melongena L.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.94-96
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• 2010

Crude drug 'InDong(忍冬)' has been used mainly to cure common cold, high fever and gonorrhea. With regard to the botanical origin of InDong, it has been considered to be Lonicera species of Caprifoliaceae, but there was no pharmacognostical conformation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of 'InDong', the anatomical characteristics of the branches of Lonicera species growing wild in Korea, Lonicera japonica and L. japonica forma. chinensis were studied. As a result, it was clarified that InDong was the branches of Lonicera japonica.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.9-13
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• 2010

HooBakIp is one of the Korean crude drugs used mainly to cure a headache, apoplexy and dyspepsia. With regard to the botanical origin of HooBakIp, it has been considered to the Machilus thunbergii of Lauraceae in Korea. But there has no pharmacognostical conformation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of HooBakIp, the anatomical characteristics of the leaf of Machilus thunbergii, Machilus thunbergii var. obovata and Machilus japonica were studied. As a result, it was clarified that HooBakIp from Korea was the leaf of Machilus thunbergii.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 2010

Korean folk medicine 'DulGugWha' has been used to cure common cold, cough and chronic and acute gastiritis in Korea. The botanical origin of the crude drug has never been studied pharmacognostically. To clarify the botanical origin of 'DulGugWha', the morphological and anatomical characteristics of Chrysanthemum species growing in Korea, i.e. C. boreale, C. indicum, C. zawadskii and C. zawadskii var. latilobum were studied. As a result, 'DulGugWha' was proved to be the whole plant body of Chrysanthemum boreale of Compositae.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.396-401
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• 1998

Korean folk medicine 'No Ru Gui' has been used to cure fracture and bruise. The botanical origin of the crude drug has never been studied pharmacognostically. To clarify the botanical origin of 'No Ru Gui', the morphological and anatomical characteristics of Hepatica species growing in Korea, i.e. H. asi-atica, H. insularis, H. maxima were studied. As a result, 'No Ru Gui' was proved to be the whole plant body of Hepatica asiatica and H. insularis.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.63-71
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• 2000

'Si Ho'(柴胡) is one of the chinese crude drugs used mainly to cure inflammation, fever, cough, hepatitis, jaundice, etc. Though the botanical origin of the crude drug has been considered to be Bupleurum species of Umbelliferae, there has been no pharmacognostical study. To clarify the botanical origin of 'Si Ho', the morphological and anatomical characteristics of the roots of Bupleurum species growing in Korea, such as Bupleurum euphorbioides Nakai, Bupleurum falcatum L., Bupleurum leveillei Bois., Bupleurum longiradiatum Turcz. and Bupleurum scorzoneraefolium Wild. were studied. As a result, it is authentified that 'Si Ho' was proved to be the root of Bupleurum falcatum and B. scorzoneraefolium and 'Jug Si Ho' was the root of B. longiradiatum.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.191-195
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• 1987

Korean folk medicine 'Sin Seong Cho' (神聖草)has been used to cure common cold, neuralgia and cancer of the stomach in Korea. The botanical origin of the crude drug has been no pharmacognostical confirmation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of 'Sin Seong Cho', the morphological and anatomical characteristics of the rhizomes of Davallia mariesii Moore and Neocheiropteris ensata (Thunb.) Ching growing in Korea were examined. As the result, it was made clear that 'Sin Seong Cho' from Korea was derived from the rhizomes of Davallia mariesii, rarely from the rhizomes of Neocheiropteris ensata.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.286-288
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• 2009

'SogDan(續斷)' is one of the crude drugs used mainly as a tonic and analgesic. The botanical origin of the crude drug has never been studied pharmacognostically. To clarify the botanical origin of SogDan from Korea, the anatomical characteristics of Phlomis umbrosa Turcz. and Phlomis koraiensis Nakai were studied. As a result, it was clarified that SogDan from Korea was the root of Phlomis umbrosa.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.33 no.3 s.130
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• pp.169-172
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• 2002

Chinese crude drug 'To Bog Ryung' has been to cure chronic aperient, syphilis cough and diabetes. The botanical origin of the crude drug has never been studied pharmacognostically. To clarify the botanical origin of To Bog Ryung, the morphological and anatomical characteristics of the rhizomes of Smilax species growing in Korea, i.e. S. china, S. riparia var. ussuriensis, S. nipponica, S. sieboldii were compared. As a result, it was determined that To Bog Ryung was the rhizome of Smilax china and Smilax sieboldii.