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Rhizoma Picrorhizae<br />
Definiti<strong>on</strong><br />
Rhizoma Picrorhizae c<strong>on</strong>sists of the dried rhizome with root of Picrorhiza<br />
kurrooa Royle (1) or of Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora H<strong>on</strong>g [syn.<br />
Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell] (Scrophulariaceae) (2).<br />
Syn<strong>on</strong>yms<br />
Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle: Picrorhiza kurroa Benth., P. kurroa Royle ex<br />
Benth.<br />
In the formularies and most references, the species is known as<br />
Picrorhiza kurroa Benth. or Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth. (Scrophulariaceae),<br />
but according to the Internati<strong>on</strong>al Code of Botanical Nomenclature<br />
article 42, the correct name of the species should be Picrorhiza<br />
kurrooa Royle (3).<br />
Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora H<strong>on</strong>g: Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell.<br />
The rhizomes of Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora H<strong>on</strong>g [syn. Picrorhiza<br />
scrophulariiflora Pennell] are tax<strong>on</strong>omically similar and have been used<br />
in traditi<strong>on</strong>al medicine for the same purposes and traded under the same<br />
vernacular names (3).<br />
Selected vernacular names<br />
Balakadu len, hohwangryun, h<strong>on</strong>glen, hunglen, h<strong>on</strong>kadu, hú huáng lián,<br />
kadu, kadugurohini, kalikutki, ka<strong>ru</strong> picrorhiza, kar<strong>ru</strong>, katki, katu, katuka,<br />
katukaa, katuká, katuka rohini, katukarogani, katukarohini, katuki, katuko,<br />
katuku rohini, katurohini, katvi, kaur, khanekhaswael, kharbaqe-hindi,<br />
kot kaan phraao, koouren, kot kaanphraao, kour, kurri, ku<strong>ru</strong>, kutaki,<br />
kutki, kutta, rohini, sutiktaka, tiktarohini, xi zanghu huang lian (1, 4–9).<br />
Geographical distributi<strong>on</strong><br />
Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle: native to the north-western Himalayas from<br />
Kashmir to Sikkim (1, 3, 4, 6).<br />
Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora H<strong>on</strong>g: found in the eastern Himalayas to<br />
the mountains of Yunan (3, 9).<br />
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