Textual research on origin and genuine of Lilii Bulbus

• Published in: Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi Vol. 43; no. 8; p. 1732
• Main Authors: Wang, Chang-Hua, Shu, Shu, Yin, Fu-Jun, Zhao, Ji-Feng, Zhang, Zhi-Wei, Liu, Xiang, Zhan, Zhi-Lai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.04.2018
• Subjects: Drugs, Chinese Herbal; quality evaluation; decipherment of ancient literature; Lilii Bulbus; origin
• ISSN: 1001-5302
• DOI: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20180201.005

Lilii Bulbus, which comes from many medicinal plants，is a frequently-used traditional Chinese medicine，the records in previous herbal literatures of it's origin and quality were inconstant. To trace back it's sources, we conducted a systematical study on it's origin and quality by textual research and investigation in this paper,The result showed that the origins of Lilii Bulbus are mainly source from white-flowers, red-yellow-flowers and red-flowers of Lilium， L. brownii var. viridulum, which were believed authentic or good quality in all previous herbal literatures,and L. pumilum and L. concolor which belong to white-flowers,and L. lancifolium which belong to red-yellow-flowers were believed low-quality and unfit for medicinal uses, or they were listed below and often have different effect with L. brownii var. viridulum. Among them, only L. concolor does not belong to Lilii Bulbus according to Chinese Pharmacopeia (2015 edition), The mainstream varieties of Lilii Bulbus became L. lancifolium now according t