イヌザンショウの生薬学的研究(第1報) : 葉の内部形態と葉,果実の粉末について

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Powder of Fagara mantchurica HONDA is used in folk medicines and as one of the components of Yohaku-san (楊柏散), a prescription of Chinese Medicine. It is a drug of external application for a pain of swelling or a bruise. The leaf and fruit of this plant are said to be used for the above purpose, but it has not been clearly determined what part of the plant is most effective. The powder on the market so far examined was of very low quality containing chaff powder. Accordingly the anatomical structure of the leaf of F.mantchurica and the structural elements of the powdered leaf and fruit were examined. In both kinds of the powder samples, the following diagnostic characters were found: Thick walled unicellular hair, winding cuticule, mucilage which is stained by ruthenium red, and needle crystals which congregate as sphaerite or crystal druses. It was possible to distinguish the leaf and the fruit by the palisade tissue of the leaf and the numerous stone cells in the pericarp of fruit. By the above observation, it would be suitable to use the powdered leaf of F.mantchurica which contains a large quantity of epiderm with mucilage for preparation of Yohaku-san and other drugs of external applications.
日本生薬学会の論文
1979-03-20