Medicinal Plant Garden

    Medicinal plants can significantly affect human health. Phytochemical compounds, which cause few adverse reactions, are the basis of natural medicines. The demand for medicinal plants is increasing. It is necessary to learn about medicinal plants for students studying pharmaceutical sciences because, in the history of humans, many kinds of medicines are derived from plants, and even today, plants are still very important sources of new medicines. Living plants, herbarium specimens, and crude drug samples are educational materials for students. This garden serves as a living plant museum. Many important and interesting plants are exhibited in the garden, providing information on their medicinal properties to meet queries of students. The public can also take advantage of this garden to obtain information and knowledge on plants with special medicinal properties.
    In addition, the garden is a source of genetic resources for some important medicinal plants. Research on the propagation and conservation of genetic resources and the evaluation of the phytochemical constituents of medicinal plants are significant activities of the garden. We have been carrying out research on medicinal resources in cooperation with the Department of Pharmacognosy of Kitasato University, Research Center for Medicinal Plant Resources of the National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, and some universities in Japan.
 

 

ANGELICAE ACUTILOBAE RADIX

Japanese Angelica Root

OPHIOPOGONIS RADIX

Ophiopogon Root
 

LITHOSPERMI RADIX

Lithospermum Root
 

ROSAE FRUCTUS

Rose Fruit