A comprehensive review with future perspectives of Rhizoma Cibotii (Gou Ji): botany, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, pharmacology and quality control.
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Rhizoma Cibotii (Gou Ji) is derived from the dried rhizome of the plant Cibotium barometz (L.) J. Sm (In this review, we have focused solely on its rhizome). It was first recorded in the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing, classified as a middle-grade herb. It possesses a "warm" nature with a "bitter...