Pharmacognostical Studies on the 'Mul Bong Seon'

물봉선의 생약학적 연구

Korean folk medicine 'Mul Bong Seon' has been used to cure hypertension and a toxicide. The botanical origin of the crude drug has been no pharmacognostical confirmation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of 'Mul Bong Seon', the morphologial and anatomical characteristics of the leaves of Impatiens species growing in Korea, i.e. I. balsamina, I. noli-tangere, I. textori, I. textori forma. pallescens were studied. As a result, it was clarified that 'Mul Bong Seon' was the leaf of Impatiens textori and Impatiens textori forma. pallescens.