月见草(oenothera odorata Jacq),又叫做山芝麻、夜来香、月下香。柳叶菜科草本植物。我国主要分布在辽宁,吉林、黑龙江、河北、江苏等省,其中辽宁、吉林、黑龙江为主要产区。近年来,月见草已引起世界有关国家的广泛重视,特别是英、日,美、德、加拿大等国家,都投入大量的经费和人力研究其化学成分和药理作用。我国利用月见草种子油含γ—亚麻酸,研制成治疗冠心病,抗血栓形成,降血脂,降低胆固醇和抗动脉粥样硬化,治疗糖尿病,减肥胖等方面,均得到极其显著的疗效。同时对各种神经炎,脉管炎系统病症,风湿性关节炎,红斑狼疮等也收到良好的治疗效果。目前白求恩医科大学制药厂已获得国家批号,开始生产。 Evening primrose (oenothera odorata Jacq), also known as mountain sesame, evening primrose, moon incense. Willow leaf family herbaceous plants. My country is mainly distributed in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Jiangsu and other provinces, including Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang as the main producing areas. In recent years, Oenothera biennis has drawn wide attention from countries in the world. In particular, Britain, Japan, the United States, Germany, Canada and other countries have invested a large amount of funds and manpower to study their chemical composition and pharmacological effects. China’s use of evening primrose seed oil containing γ-linolenic acid, developed into the treatment of coronary heart disease, anti-thrombosis, hypolipidemic, lower cholesterol and anti-atherosclerosis, diabetes, weight loss and fat, have been extremely significant effect. At the same time on a variety of neuritis, vasculitis system disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, also received good treatment. At present, Bethune Medical University Pharmaceutical Factory has received the national batch number, began production.