Abstract
Korean folk medicine 'JagSalNaMu' has been used orally to cure hypercoagulability, thrombosis and tonsillitis. With regard to the botanical origin of 'JagSalNaMu', it has been considered to be Callicarpa species of Verbenaceae, but there was no pharmacognostical confirmation on it. To clarify the botanical origin of 'JagSalNaMu', the anatomical characteristics of the branch of Callicarpa species growing wild in Korea, Callicarpa japonica and C. dichotoma were studied. As a result, it was clarified that 'JagSalNaMu' was the branch of Callicarpa japonica.