Identification of medicinal plants used as Tibetan Traditional Medicine jie-ji
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Short Title:
J Ethnopharmacol
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
2010/10/28/
Pages:
122 - 126
Sources ID:
94236
Collection:
Himalayan and Tibetan Medicine
Visibility:
Public (group default)
Abstract:
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AIM OF THE STUDY: Based on the authors' collection of specimens used as jie-ji in local Tibetan areas, China, and taxonomic determination, this paper aims to give a list of medicinal plants as jie-ji, formally identify the ones recognized as jie-ji ga-bao or jie-ji na-bao and to offer basic data for further studies on these Tibetan herbs.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Local herbalists were visited in Tibetan areas, China to observe which plants were being used as jie-ji. Samples of the indigenous plants were collected at the same time. Also, the medicinal plants as jie-ji were taxonomically identified.
RESULTS: A list of medicinal plants including 10 species of jie-ji in local Tibetan areas is given, including their morphological pictures used for identification.
CONCLUSIONS: The origin of jie-ji is from 10 species of the Section Cruciata, Genus Gentiana (Gentianaceae). five species with dark blue flowers are used as jie-ji na-bao, the other five with white flowers are used as jie-ji ga-bao. Also, Gentiana macrophylla Pall. with dark blue flowers in the Section Cruciata, Genus Gentiana is not the original plant of jie-ji na-bao. The species endemic to the province are used as the original plants of jie-ji only in local Tibetan area of the province. Finally, the drug use of jie-ji in Traditional Tibetan Medicine is reasonable and it is efficacious.