In ancient times, Panax notoginseng was called Jin Buhuan.
In ancient times, Panax notoginseng was a very precious Chinese medicinal material and was widely used for medical treatment and health care. Panax notoginseng is called "gold cannot be exchanged" because its roots and leaves have high medicinal value and are very difficult to obtain. Li Shizhen, a famous pharmacologist in the Ming Dynasty, called it "gold cannot be exchanged". The plant is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Araliaceae family. It is harvested three to seven years after sowing and each plant has three petioles and each petiole has seven leaves, hence the name Panax notoginseng. Its stems, leaves and flowers can be used as medicine.
The well-known Panax notoginseng medicinal material usually refers to the main root of Panax notoginseng, which is customarily called "snip" and the lateral roots are called "tendons". In short, Panax notoginseng is called "gold cannot be exchanged" because of its medicinal value and preciousness. Panax notoginseng has been widely used for medical treatment and health care in ancient times, and it is still a very important traditional Chinese medicine.
Morphological characteristics of Panax notoginseng:
Panax notoginseng is an upright perennial herb, 20-60 cm high. The main root is fleshy, with one or more roots, and is spindle-shaped. The stem is dark green, turning purple at the tip, smooth and hairless, with thick longitudinal stripes. Finger-like compound leaves with 3-6 whorls on the top of the stem; numerous stipules, clustered, linear, less than 2 mm long; petioles 5-11.5 cm long, striped, smooth and hairless.
The leaves are membranous, the center one is the largest, oblong to obovate, 7-13 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, apex acuminate to long acuminate, base broadly wedge-shaped to Round, with the smallest leaves on both sides, oval to rounded long ovate, 3.5-7 cm long, 1.3-3 cm wide, apex acuminate to long acuminate, base skewed, edges heavily serrated, and between teeth 1 Setae, main veins and lateral veins are raised on both sides, and the network veins are not obvious.