中药天南星的原植物来源多,市售商品复杂,自历代本草至近代中草药书籍的记载和目前商品之间的关系一直不很清楚,为此,我们在主产地东北、陕西、甘肃、四川、湖南等地,对中药天南星作了较深入的调查,进行了分类鉴定及本草考证,并对其中主要5种天南星的块茎进行了抗惊厥和祛痰作用的药理实验。一、本草考证;唐《本草拾遗》始载:“天南星生安东山谷,叶似荷,独茎,用根最良”。据此描述,与今之天南星Arisaema erubescens相符。而《证类本草》引《图经本草》:“天南星本经不载,所出州土,云生平泽,今处处有之,二月生苗,似 There are many original plant sources of the traditional Chinese medicine Arbutus, and the commercial products are complex. The relationship between the records of ancient herbal medicine and modern Chinese herbal medicine books and current products has not been very clear. Therefore, we are in the main producing areas of Northeast China, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, and Hunan. In other places, a deeper investigation was conducted on the traditional Chinese medicine Ryukyu, and the classification and identification of herbs and herbal medicines were researched, and pharmacological experiments on the anti-convulsant and anticonvulsant effects of the main five Araceae spears were conducted. First, the herbalist textual research; Tang “Herbal Supplements” only contained: “Antonese Valley Anton Valley, leaves like Dutch, alone stem, the best root.” According to this description, it is consistent with the current Arisaema erubescens. The “Genuine Materia Medica” quoted “Tumen Materia Medica”: “After the stars of the southern part of this scripture are not contained, the state of the earth is out of the earth, and the clouds are full of peace. This is everywhere, and in February, the seedlings are like,