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KINGDOM:Plantae || PHYLUM:Tracheophyta || CLASS:Liliopsida || ORDER:Asparagales || FAMILY:百合科 Asparagaceae || GENUS: 知母属 Anemarrhena

知母 Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge

Accepted name Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge (Asparagaceae) WCVP · exact match
Catalogue of Life China 知母
Flora treatments

《中国植物志》|| 百合科 LILIACEAE ||知母属 Anemarrhena Bunge ||知母 Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge

1. 知母 兔子油草(辽宁),穿地龙(山东)图版9: 1-3
Anermarrhena asphodeloides Bunge in Mem. Acad. Sci. Petersb. Sav. Etrang. 2: 140. 1831.
根状茎粗0.5-1.5厘米,为残存的叶鞘所覆盖。叶长15-60厘米,宽1.5-11毫米,向先端渐尖而成近丝状,基部渐宽而成鞘状,具多条平行脉,没有明显的中脉。花葶比叶长得多;总状花序通常较长,可达20-50厘米;苞片小,卵形或卵圆形,先端长渐尖;花粉红色、淡紫色至白色;花被片条形,长5-10毫米,中央具3脉,宿存。蒴果狭椭圆形,长8-13毫米,宽5-6产毫米,顶端有短喙。种子长7-10毫米。花果期6-9月。
产河北、山西、山东(山东半岛)、陕西(北部)、甘肃(东部)、内蒙古(南部)、辽宁(西南部)、吉林(西部)和黑龙江(南部)。生于海拔1450米以下的山坡、草地或路旁较干燥或向阳的地方。也分布于朝鲜。此外湖北荆州地区有一份标本,尚待研究。
本种干燥根状茎为著名中药,性苦寒,有滋阴降火、润燥滑肠、利大小便之效。有“毛知母”与“知母肉”之分。最主要产区在河北。


Source 中国植物物种信息数据库

Economic plants
Medicinal plants
根状茎为解热药,对热性病作清凉止渴剂,并治肺结核病的潮热;另有镇咳祛痰的功效。
根状茎含淀粉(见“淀粉及糖类”,626页)
[中国经济植物志429. 知母 ( zhimu )]

Starch and sugar plants
根状茎含淀粉,供食用或酿酒等。
[中国经济植物志242. 知母 ( zhimu )]


Plant use records
Chinese name Vernacular name Plant Ethnic group Use Source
知母 Mose mvan 知母 Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge. Jingpo medicine Ethnomedicinal 《德宏药录》
知母 阿更带 知母 Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge. De'ang medicine Ethnomedicinal 《德宏药录》
知母 陶来音一芒给日 知母 Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge. Mongolian medicine Ethnomedicinal 《蒙药》
知母 知母 Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge. Mongolian medicine Ethnomedicinal 《蒙植药志》
知母 知母 知母 Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bge. Medicinal 中国药典2020
知母 知母 知母 Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge Medicinal 中华本草


Historical formulas containing this species
Use in historical formulas by period (2827 formulas in total)
Use in historical formulas by periodPre-Qin: 0Pre-QinHan: 1111HanWei–Jin & N–S: 55Wei–Jin& N–SSui–Tang & Five Dynasties: 128128Sui–Tang& Five DynastiesSong: 840840SongJin–Yuan: 188188Jin–YuanMing: 924924MingQing: 731731Qing




Wild economic plants of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (field survey)
Plant name Local name Family Life form Part used Folk use Voucher Locality Ethnic group Region

Research papers
Title Authors Journal Date
Foliar Nutrient Content Mediates Grazing Effects on Species Dominance and Plant Community Biomass Liang, Maowei; Gornish, Elise S.; Mariotte, Pierre; Chen, Jiquan; Liang, Cunzhu RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT NOV 2019
The planting of three species of medicinal herbs in soil containing building materials Wang Guixia; An Guangyi; Lu Guiqiao Pratacultural Science 2004
Antifungal activities of the extracts from25 traditional Chinese medicines against 5 plant pathogenic fungi Niu Shanguang; Du Fengyu Plant Protection 2015
Molecular identification of oriental medicinal plant Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge (''Jimo'') by multiplex PCR Jigden, Baigalmaa; Wang, Hongtao; Samdan, Narantuya; Yang, Deok-Chun MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS FEB 2010
First report of Botrytis cinerea on Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Aster tataricus Wang, Yan; Jin, Ling; Zhu, Tiantian; Zeng, Cuiyun JOURNAL OF PLANT DISEASES AND PROTECTION JUN 2017
Protective effects of Zhibai Dihuang Wan on renal tubular cells affected with gentamicin-induced apoptosis Hsu, Yung-Ho; Chen, Tso-Hsiao; Wu, Mei-Yi; Lin, Yuh-Feng; Chen, Wen-Liang; Cheng, Tzu-Hurng; Chen, Cheng-Hsien JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JAN 10 2014
DPPH-HPLC-MS assisted rapid identification of endothelial protective substances from Xiao-Ke-An Yang, Zhenzhong; Li, Zhenhao; Li, Zheng JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JAN 30 2018
The analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect of WIN-34B, a new herbal formula for osteoarthritis composed of Lonicera japonica Thunb and Anemarrhena asphodeloides BUNGE in vivo Kang, Moonkyu; Jung, Inho; Hur, Jonghyun; Kim, Soon Han; Lee, Jeong Hun; Kang, Ji-Yun; Jung, Kyoung Chul; Kim, Kyoung Soo; Yoo, Myung Chul; Park, Dong-Suk; Lee, Jae-Dong; Cho, Yong-Baik JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY SEP 15 2010
Physicochemical properties and laxative effects of polysaccharides from Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bge. in loperamide-induced rats Li, Xiaomao; Liu, Yan; Guan, Wei; Xia, Yonggang; Zhou, Yuanyuan; Yang, Bingyou; Kuang, Haixue JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY AUG 10 2019
Coordinate regulatory osteogenesis effects of icariin, timosaponin B II and ferulic acid from traditional Chinese medicine formulas on UMR-106 osteoblastic cells and osteoblasts in neonatal rat calvaria cultures Li, Mei; Zhang, Nai-Dan; Wang, Yin; Han, Ting; Jiang, Yi-Ping; Rahman, Khalid; Qin, Lu-Ping; Xin, Hai-Liang; Zhang, Qiao-Yan JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JUN 5 2016
The genus Anemarrhena Bunge: A review on ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and pharmacology Wang, Yingli; Dan, Yang; Yang, Dawei; Hu, Yuli; Zhang, Le; Zhang, Chunhong; Zhu, Hong; Cui, Zhanhu; Li, Minhui; Liu, Yanze JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY APR 11 2014
Fungal diversity in rhizosphere soil of medicinal plants in Heilongjiang Province Mu Dongyan; Lu Guozhong; Sun Xiaodong; Wang Na; Zhao Zhihui Acta Ecologica Sinica 2013
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