The Korea Journal of Herbology (대한본초학회지)

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Ethymology of species names of woody herbal medicines from herbalogy textbook

본초학 교재에 수록된 목본약용식물의 종명(種名)의 어원연구

  • 이숭인 (동신대학교 한의과대학 본초학교실) ;
  • 정종길 (동신대학교 한의과대학 본초학교실)
  • Received : 2012.06.08
  • Accepted : 2012.06.23
  • Published : 2012.07.30
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Abstract

Objective : This study was conducted to investigate into the etymology of 218 species names for 128 woody herbal medicines in Korea. Methods : The examined herbalogical books and research paper which published at home and abroad. Results ; This study was conducted to investigate into the etymology of 218 species names for 128 woody herbal medicines in Korea. The origins of species names for woody herbal medicines in Korea were in order of the local place name by thirty seven(16.97%), the dialects and old name by twenty two(10.09%), the morphological characters of leaves by twenty(9.17%), the plant's constituents and uses by fifty(6.88%), the person's name by fifty(6.88%), the other's generic names and species names by thirteen(5.96%), the morphological characters of flowers by twelve(5.50%), the morphological characters of stems by twelve(5.50%), the words meaning a number by twelve(5.50%), the relative characteristic by comparing with the same genus by twelve(5.50%), and so on. Conclusion : According to the investigation which origin of species names of woody herbal medicines from herbalogy textbook, the number of species names of herbal medicine originated from the local place names by 37(16.97%) was the most of all.

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