Chinese thorowax

Bupleurum chinense was first published in Shennong Materia Medica Classic and listed as the top grade. There are many descriptions of the plant morphology of Bupleurum chinense in herbal medicine of past dynasties. "Materia Medica" contains: "(Bupleurum) There are short-cut routes between Shanhaiguan, Shaanxi and Jianghu, and the winner is Yinzhou. The seedlings born in February are very fragrant, the stems are blue and purple, the leaves are slightly purple like bamboo leaves-yellow flowers bloom in July-the roots are red and strong like the former beard. The reed head has red hair like the tail of a mouse, and it is good for the elderly to be alone. Root picking in February and August. " And there are 5 attached drawings. Among them, Bupleurum chinense in Danzhou, Bupleurum chinense in Xiangzhou and Bupleurum chinense in Zizhou, Bupleurum chinense in Bamboo Leaves in Compendium of Materia Medica, Bupleurum chinense in Herbs for Saving the Famine, and Bupleurum chinense in Textual Research on Plant Names are all Bupleurum plants. Compared with the origin, distribution and plant morphology contained in the above materia medica, the main species should be Bupleurum chinense and Bupleurum stenophyllum. Its components mainly include saikosapoins a, B, C and D, sterols, volatile oils (saikosapoins, eugenol, etc.), fatty oils (oleic acid, linolenic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, etc.) and polysaccharides. In addition, it also contains alkaloids, flavonoids, kaempferol, glucose, amino acids and so on.
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