Polygonatum, Solomanโs Seal, Yu Zhu ็็ซน Sigillum SalomonisYu Zhu (TCM)Ra mnye เฝขเผเฝเฝเฝบ (Tibetan) P. sibiricum, Siberian Soloman’s Seal, Huang Jing ้ป็ฒพ Narrow-leafed Soloman’s Seal, Siberian Soloman’s SealHuang Jing (TCM) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Japanese Herbal, 17th century (Welcome) Official Soloman’s Seal Narrow-leaved Soloman’s Seal Turners Herbal, 1551 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 P. multiflorumDodart, Recueil des plantes gravรฉes par ordre du roi Louis XIV, 1788 P. odoratum P. verticillatumDietrich, Flora regni borussici, 1832-1833 SOLOMANS SEAL ROOTNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Slices of Polygonatum Yu Zhu(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Polygonatum spp.Broad and Narrow-leaved varieties were known in the West:1. Broad-leaved (Regular or Official) Solomans Seal: i. P. multiflorum ii. P. odoratum iii. P. officinale (syn. P. vulgare, P. unifolium) is said to be no longer (or less commonly) used.2. Narrow-leaved Soloman’s Seal: i. P. verticillatum and others (see below).TCM uses 2 varieties of Polygonatum:1. Yu Zhu (Broad-leaf variety): i. P. odoratum (syn. P. latifolium, P. majus) ii. P. inflatum iii. P. pratti iv. P. oppositifolium (used in Tibetan Medicine)2. Huang Jing (Narrow-leaf variety, ‘Siberian Soloman’s Seal’): i. P. sibiricum ii. P. verticillatum iii. P. kingianum iv. P. cyrtonema v. P. cirrhifolium (used in Tibetan…
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