广西马兜铃(Aristolochia kwangsien-sis)为广西植物研究所发现并定名的新种,属广西特产植物,主要分布于桂南龙州等县,其块根发达,大如红薯,资源丰富。民间以块根入药,用于治疗喉痛、胃痛、蛇伤、无名肿毒等疾病。我们发现该植物含有马兜铃酸。将此酸制成片剂供临床试用,证明有升高白细胞作用。从该总酸中分离得到一种黄色结晶单体, Guangxi Aristolochia kwangsien-sis (Aristolochia kwangsien-sis) is a new species discovered and named by the Guangxi Institute of Botany. It is a specialty plant of Guangxi and is mainly distributed in Longzhou County, southern Guangxi. Its roots are well developed and are as sweet as sweet potatoes. The folk medicine is rooted and used for the treatment of sore throat, stomachache, snakebite, innominated swollen poison and other diseases. We found that the plant contains aristolochic acid. The acid was made into tablets for clinical trials, which proved to increase white blood cells. A yellow crystalline monomer is isolated from the total acid,