枳椇子作为一味解酒专药,应用历史悠久。本文总结了古今中医药学文献对枳椇子解酒作用的药用部位记载,进一步整理了其不同药用部位的化学成分、药理作用、临床应用的记载。研究发现国家药品标准与不同工具书记载枳椇子的药用部位有单用种子或果实的不同,也有二者同时入药的;枳椇的种子、果实等不同部位均有一定的解酒作用,但是目前临床应用一直局限于枳椇的种子部位。因此,应将理论记载与科研成果结合起来,采用现代科研方法,比较不同药用部位对枳椇子解酒作用的影响,积极开发利用枳椇的药用资源。

Hovenia dulcis Thunb. is a special medicine for relieving alcoholism,with a long history of applications. Firstly this paper summarizes the ancient and modern literature related with its medicinal parts. Then we focus on the chemical composition, the pharmacological effects and the clinical application of its different parts. It is shown that the medical parts of Hovenia dulcis Thunb recorded in national drug standards and different reference books are single seeds or fruits,or both of them, and they can be used at the same time. The seeds, fruits and other parts of hovenia acerba all have the effect of relieving alcoholism. The clinical usage of the medicinal part of it is only limited to its seed, without taking the full advantage of the superiority of the carpopodium. Using the modern science and technology in a comparative study of the alcoholism relieving effects of different parts of Hovenia dulcis Thunb is desirable to develop and utilizate the medicinal resources Hovenia dulcis Thunb.