柴胡是常用中药,自古以来以根入药。目前全国大多数地区只用根,仅江、浙等南方几省除用根外尚有用全草入药的习惯。近年来,因药源紧缺,我省亦有“如能用柴胡全草代替根入药,则可扩大药源,保障供应”的想法,但缺乏依据。为此我们对柴胡的药用部位进行了探讨,作了部分实验, Bupleurum is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine that has been used as a root medicine since ancient times. At present, most regions of the country use only roots. Only the southern provinces such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang have the habit of using all-grass as their medicine. In recent years, due to shortage of medicines, our province also has the idea of ​​“if we can use Bupleurum whole plant instead of root medicine, we can expand the source of medicine and guarantee the supply”, but there is no basis for this. For this purpose, we discussed the medicinal parts of Bupleurum chinense and made some experiments.