人参是世界著名的药用植物,其应用源于我国。人参根为典型的扶正固本药,国外称之为“适应原性药物”。它的药用历史悠久,研究较为深入,有关生药学亦不乏记载。 人参茎叶(商品上合称人参叶)的应用,始载于清代赵学敏的《本草纲目拾遗》,谓可“补中带表,大能生津,祛暑气,降虚火,利四肢,头目”。又报道,对轻型阿狄森氏病有治疗作用。据最近研究,人参茎叶富含根的主要生物活性物质——人参皂甙。尽管 Ginseng is a world-famous medicinal plant and its application originates from China. The ginseng root is a typical solidifying drug, and it is called “adaptative drug” in foreign countries. It has a long history of medicinal use, a deeper study, and no shortage of records on pharmacognosy. The application of ginseng stems and leaves (commercially referred to as ginseng leaf) was first described in Zhao Xuemin’s “Compendium of Compendium of Materia Medica” in the Qing Dynasty. It can be used to “supplement the middle and upper scales, generate energy, regenerate heat, reduce imaginary fire, benefit limbs, and leader”. . Also reported that there is a therapeutic effect on light Addison’s disease. According to a recent study, ginseng saponin, the main biologically active substance in roots and stems of ginseng stems and leaves, has been found. in spite of