多年来,在我国中药界开展了“上党人参”原植物的讨论,即“上党人参”是人参(Panax Ginseng)还是党参(Codonopsis Pilosula)?多数学者认为我国古代上党人参的原植物是五加科植物人参(Panx Ginseng)。而且做了令人信服的论证。近年来又有人提出中国古代上党人参即今之党参。首先是日本柴田承二博士在《药用人参及其研究与进展》中提出中国古代上党人参即今之党参。为此,宋承吉写了《上党人参是今之药用人参》,《东汉医圣张仲 Over the years, there has been discussion in our country of traditional Chinese medicine about the original plant of “Shangdang Ginseng”, namely, whether “Shangdang Ginseng” is Panax Ginseng or Codonopsis Pilosula? Most scholars believe that the original plants of ancient Shangdang ginseng in our country are Ginkgo plant ginseng (Panx Ginseng). And made a convincing argument. In recent years, some people have proposed that the ancient Chinese upper-party ginseng, now the Codonopsis. First of all, Japan’s Shibata Shibata Dr. in the “medicinal ginseng and its research and progress” put forward the ancient Chinese Shang Ginseng present Codonopsis. To this end, Song Chengji wrote “Shangdang ginseng is this medicinal ginseng,” "Eastern Han Zhang Zhong medical