A Traditional medical sources study on Bungiin yargui ( Pulsatilla Bungeana L. )

Abstract

Introduction: Gastric cancer is a highly prevalent and deadly disease worldwide and in our country. There is a growing trend around the world to study Oriental (traditional) medicine to treat the disease, to develop new drugs with less side effects, and to put them into practice. Objective: To analyze and summarize the “Hot natured three herbs” recipe and how the Pulsatilla Bungeana L. is mentioned in traditional medical sources and their commonly used commentaries. Methods: “Four medical tantras”, “Nandin erdeniin shimiin khuraangui”, “Bider onbo”, “Tonvagajod”, “Introduction of Mongolian herbal medicine”, “Mash gaikhamshigt khurimiin san”, “Recognition of herbal medicine”, “Dictionary of Mongolian herbal medicine recognition” as source materials. It was compared by the “Comparison Methodology of Source and Source Studies” and summarized by the “Summary Method”. Results: In the abstract names of drug section of the “Nandin erdeniin shimiin khuraangui”: The recipe for “Hot natured three herbs”, it includes jetsaservo (Ranunculus repens L.), yumongarvo (Atragene sibirica L), sruvga (Bungiin yargui-Pulsatilla Bungeana L.). In the “Introduction of Mongolian herbal medicine”: sruvga is hot, bitter, has a warm taste and power, and it runs in every organs. In the “Recognition of herbal medicine”: The deer white flower, which is considered to be a medicine, is called sruva in Tibetan, and the appearance of the plant is well documented. Conclusions: 1. A comparative study of the “Hot natured Three herbs” recipe and the Bungiin yargui (Pulsatilla Bungeana L.) herb used in traditional medicine for centuries, and the indications for the disease, is noted in a similar way in each source. 2. The above recipe and the taste of the plant have been mentioned in a few resources, and the light, harsh, sharp, and hot power of the this plant has been shown to be superior.