日本首届人参讨论会于1979年11月28日—29日在广岛召开。这次讨论会是由东京大学名誉教授(现明治药科大学教授)柴田承二先生、近畿大学东洋医学研究所教授有地滋先生、爱媛大学医学部教授奥田拓道先生、广岛大学医学部教授田中治先生发起和组织的。会上发表了29个研究报告,内容涉及人参的栽培、成分、药理活性、生理作用、品质评价、东洋医学和西洋医学的临床报告等各个方面,现将部分研究报告的内容简介如下。长野县人参试验场作了“人参的品种选育研究”的报告,对原植物东洋参(Panax ginseng)和同属植物西洋参(Panax quinquefolium)、竹节人参(P·japonicum)进行了种间杂交等研究,结果认为杂交种虽然具有能显著地增产的潜力,但不育性强,大量采种有困难,缺乏实用性。另外,选择人参的标准向来注重形态特征“主根要长(一握以上),芦头(根茎部)粗短,具备2～4个支根(腿),支根长度与主根相近,无病 The first ginseng seminar in Japan was held on November 28-29, 1979 in Hiroshima. The seminar was chaired by Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University (Professor of the present-day Meiji Pharmaceutical University) Mr. Shibata Seiji, Professor of the Toyo University’s Toyo Medical Research Institute, Mr. Edison, Professor of Ehime University’s Medical Department, Mr. Okuda Todo, and Professor Hiroshima University’s Department of Medicine Tanaka. Mr. Zhi initiated and organized. At the conference, 29 research reports were published on the cultivation, composition, pharmacological activities, physiological effects, quality evaluation of ginseng, and the clinical reports of Oriental Medicine and Western Medicine. The contents of some research reports are summarized below. The Nagano Prefecture Ginseng Test Center made a report on “Ginseng Breeding and Breeding Study”. Interspecific hybridization of the original plant Panax ginseng and its genus Panax quinquefolium and P. japonicum was conducted. Studies have shown that although hybrids have the potential to significantly increase yield, they have strong sterility, and they are difficult to harvest in large quantities. In addition, the criteria for selection of ginseng have always focused on morphological characteristics: "The main root length (more than one grip), the reed (root rhizome) is thick and short, with 2 to 4 roots (legs), the root length is similar to the main root, no disease