• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
• /
• v.43 no.3
• /
• pp.198-200
• /
• 2012

Korean Folk Medicine 'DdaeJukNaMu' has been used mainly to cure toothache and neuralgia. With regard to the botanical origin of 'DdaeJukNaMu', it has been considered to be Styrax species of Styracaceae, but there was no pharmacognostical confirmation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of 'DdaeJukNaMu', the anatomical characteristics of the branch of Styrax species growing wild in Korea, Styrax japonica and Styrax obassia were studied. As a result, it was clarified that 'DdaeJukNaMu' was the branch of Styrax japonica.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
• /
• v.43 no.4
• /
• pp.265-267
• /
• 2012

Korean folk medicine 'JagSalNaMu' has been used orally to cure hypercoagulability, thrombosis and tonsillitis. With regard to the botanical origin of 'JagSalNaMu', it has been considered to be Callicarpa species of Verbenaceae, but there was no pharmacognostical confirmation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of 'JagSalNaMu', the anatomical characteristics of the branch of Callicarpa species growing wild in Korea, Callicarpa japonica and C. dichotoma were studied. As a result, it was clarified that 'JagSalNaMu' was the branch of Callicarpa japonica.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
• /
• v.43 no.3
• /
• pp.193-197
• /
• 2012

Korean folk medicine 'JoPabNaMu' has been mainly used to cure removal of fever and neuralgia. With regard to the botanical origin of 'JoPabNaMu', it has been considered to designate the stem of Spiraea species (Rosaceae), but there was no pharmacognostical confirmation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of 'JoPabNaMu', the anatomical characteristics of the branch of Spiraea species growing wild in Korea were studied. As a result, 'JoPabNaMu' was proved to be the branch of Spiraea prunifolia var. simpliciflora.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
• /
• v.43 no.2
• /
• pp.95-97
• /
• 2012

Korean folk medicine 'NuRiJangNaMu' has been used mainly to cure neuralgia, arthritis, cough and abdominal lump. With regard to the botanical origin of NuRiJangNaMu, it has been considered to be Clerodendron species of Verbenaceae, but there was no pharmacognostical confirmation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of 'NuRiJangNaMu', the anatomical characteristics of the branches of Clerodendron species growing wild in Korea, Clerodendron trichotomum and Clerodendron trichotomum var. ferrugineum were studied. As a result, it was clarified that 'NuRiJangNaMu' was the branches of Clerodendron trichotomum.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
• /
• v.43 no.2
• /
• pp.98-100
• /
• 2012

Korean folk medicine 'DeungNaMu' has been used mainly to cure apoplexy, pain of the stapes and tonic for weak man. With regard to the botanical origin of DeungNaMu, it has been considered to be Wisteria species of Leguminosae, but there was no pharmacognostical confirmation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of 'DeungNaMu', the anatomical characteristics of the branches of Wisteria species growing wild in Korea, Wisteria japonica and W. japonica forma. alba were studied. As a result, it was clarified that DeungNaMu was the branches of Wisteria japonica.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
• /
• v.24 no.1
• /
• pp.78-86
• /
• 1993

Korean folk medicine 'Mul Bong Seon' has been used to cure hypertension and a toxicide. The botanical origin of the crude drug has been no pharmacognostical confirmation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of 'Mul Bong Seon', the morphologial and anatomical characteristics of the leaves of Impatiens species growing in Korea, i.e. I. balsamina, I. noli-tangere, I. textori, I. textori forma. pallescens were studied. As a result, it was clarified that 'Mul Bong Seon' was the leaf of Impatiens textori and Impatiens textori forma. pallescens.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
• /
• v.42 no.3
• /
• pp.209-212
• /
• 2011

Korean folk medicine 'ORiNaMu' has been used mainly to cure toothache and alcoholism. With regard to the botanical origin of 'ORiNaMu', it has been considered to designate the branch of Alnus species (Betulaceae), but there was no pharmacognostical confirmation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of 'ORiNaMu', the anatomical characteristics of the branch of Alnus firma, A. hirsuta, A. japonica and A. maximowiczii were studied. As a result, it was found the morphological criteria for the four Alnus species that could discriminate them the number of cork cell layer, fiber, stone cell and diameter of vessel. According to there criteria, it was clarified that the commercial folk medicine 'ORiNaMu' was the branch of Alnus firma.

• Natural Product Sciences
• /
• v.13 no.4
• /
• pp.273-278
• /
• 2007

This paper presents a detailed pharmacognostical study of the stem and root of the crude drug Ipomoea quamoclit Linn. (Convolvulaceae). Morphoanatomy of the stem and root have been studied with the aim to aid pharmacognostic and taxonomic species identification using light and confocal microscopy, WHO recommended physico-chemical determinations and authentic phytochemical procedures. The physico-chemical, morphological and histological parameters presented in this paper may be proposed as parameters to establish the authenticity of stem and root of I. quamoclit and may possibly help to differentiate the drug from its other species.

• Natural Product Sciences
• /
• v.8 no.3
• /
• pp.83-89
• /
• 2002

Butea monosperma Kuntze, commonly known as 'Palash', is employed in various indigenous systems of medicine against several diseases and almost every part of the plant has diversified medicinal properties. The seeds are used as anthelmintic, aperient, digesti and to treat piles, skin diseases and abdominal troubles. They also have the property of reducing 'Kapha' and 'Vata' (in Ayurveda). In the present paper a detailed pharmacognostical evaluation of seeds has been undertaken. The study includes macro- and micro-scopical details, fluorescence powder study and HPTLC fingerprinting. The seed is characterized by finely ridged seed coat and palisade-like malpighian cells, discontinuous transparent linea lucida in upper half of malpighian layer and simple & oblong hilum. The study also concludes that the seed samples procured from different places have similar morphological and physico-chemical characteristics. These observations are also supported by similar TLC profiles. The estimation of heavy metals (to detect permissible toxic limits), and fatty acid composition have been carried out. An attempt has also been made to see the ecological and edaphic variations, if any.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
• /
• v.35 no.3 s.138
• /
• pp.215-228
• /
• 2004

The Korean folk medicine 'Jin Hae Cho Ip' has been used as a remedy for neuralgia and as an invigorating drug after a childbirth, etc in Korea. With regard to the botanical origin of 'Jin Hae Cho Ip', several species of Potentilla (Rosaceae) has been refired, but no pharmacognostical study has yet been performed in this regard. To clarify the botanical origin of the 'Jin Hae Cho Ip', the morphological and anatomical characteristics of the leaflets and petioles of Potentilla and Sibbaldia species growing in Korea, such as P. chinensis, P. cryptotaeniae, P. dickinsii, P. discolor, P. fragarioides var. major, P. freyniana, P. kleiniana, P. matsumurae, P. paradoxa, and S. procumbens, were compared. As a result, it was found that 'Jin Hae Cho Ip' was composed of the leaves of P. Chinensis and P. discolor.