Pharmacognostical Studies on the Korean Folk Medicine(1)-On the 'Sin Seong Cho'-

한국민간약(韓國民間藥)의 생약학적(生藥學的) 연구(硏究)(제1보)(第1報)-"신성초(神聖草)"에 관해서-

Korean folk medicine 'Sin Seong Cho' (神聖草)has been used to cure common cold, neuralgia and cancer of the stomach in Korea. The botanical origin of the crude drug has been no pharmacognostical confirmation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of 'Sin Seong Cho', the morphological and anatomical characteristics of the rhizomes of Davallia mariesii Moore and Neocheiropteris ensata (Thunb.) Ching growing in Korea were examined. As the result, it was made clear that 'Sin Seong Cho' from Korea was derived from the rhizomes of Davallia mariesii, rarely from the rhizomes of Neocheiropteris ensata.