白蔹,始载于《神农本草经》:“味苦、平。主痈肿疽疮,散结气,止痛。除热,目中赤,小儿惊痫,温疟,女子阴中肿痛。一名兔核,一名白草,生山谷。”《中药大辞典》收载古本草的别名共五个:兔核、白草(《本草经》),白根、昆仑(《别录》),猫儿卵(《纲目》)。其实,对于白蔹的认识可以追溯到《本经》成书以前更远的年代,所用的名称也不止这五个。 《诗经·唐风·葛生》有“葛生蒙楚,蔹漫于野”之句。可知蔹作为一种植物的名称早在《诗经》的成书年代就已出现。蔹,古作莶和 White Pelicans, only contained in the “Shen Nong’s Herbal Classic”: “bitter, flat. The main carbuncle swollen acne, scattered gas, relieving pain. In addition to heat, red eyes, epilepsy in children, warm malaria, women Yin Yin swelling. A rabbit nucleus, a white grass, a valley.” “Chinese Dictionary” contains an alias of five ancient herbs: rabbit nucleus, white grass (“Ben Cao Jing”), Baigen, Kunlun (“Do not record”) , cat eggs (“Outline”). In fact, the understanding of Baiji can be traced back to the days before the book was completed. There are more than five names used. The Book of Songs and Tang Feng·Ge Sheng has a sentence of “Ge Sheng Meng Chu, 蔹 diffuse in the wild”. It can be seen that the name of a plant as a kind of plant appeared as early as the Book of Songs. Hey, old