紫菀为常用中药,目前各地药用的商品主要有紫菀和山紫菀两大类。两者原植物为菊科两个不同属的植物,紫菀为Aster tataricusL.f.,山紫菀主要为肾叶橐吾Ligularia fis-cheri Turcz.。一般认为前者为正品,河北、安徽主产,多为栽培品行销全国;山紫菀为野生品,各地多自产自销。关于紫菀的报道,多为组织形态学的鉴 Aster is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine. At present, there are two major categories of medicinal products, namely Aster and Aster. Both of the original plants are two different genera of Asteraceae. Aster tataricus L.f. is the aster, and Ligularia fis-cheri Turcz. The former is generally considered to be genuine, Hebei, Anhui, the main production, mostly for the cultivation of national marketing products; mountain aphid for the wild products, local production for more than self-selling. The reports on the purple clams are mostly examples of histomorphology.