查阅古今文献，对九华黄精的基原植物及药材使用进行本草考证。九华黄精基原植物为多花黄精，叶序类型为互叶型；九华黄精作为药用，其炮制方法主要为九蒸九晒法，近现代九华黄精从药用转为食用，可以进行九华黄精的食品开发，为九华黄精的现代化生产打下基础；但是目前仅能确定湖南、贵州、广西、安徽九华山所产多花黄精为佳，因此需进一步研究从而确定现代九华黄精是否可以成为道地药材。

This paper reviewed the ancient and modern literatures and made a textual research on the original plant and medicinal materials of Jiuhua Polygonatum Cyrtonema. Original plant of Jiuhua P. Cyrtonema is Polygonatum cyrtonema, and the leaf order type is interleaf type. The processing method of Jiuhua P. Cyrtonema as medicine is mainly nine steaming and nine sunning. In modern times, Jiuhua P. Cyrtonema is used from medicinal materials to edible food, which can be applied for the food development to lay the foundation for the modern production of Jiuhua P. Cyrtonema. However, the further research on genuineness of Jiuhua P. Cyrtonema is also needed to do. It can be determined that P. cyrtonema from the Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Jiuhua Mountain is better, so the further research need to be done to determine whether the modern Jiuhua P. Cyrtonema can be genuine medicinal materials.

国家中医药管理局中药饮片标准化建设项目（ZYBZH-Y-SC-40）；云南大理药业股份有限公司课题（KJHX1603）