前胡最早出自《名医别录》。《雷公炮炙论》:“凡使前胡,勿用野蒿根,缘真似前胡,只是味酸。若误用,令人反胃不受食。”前胡自古混淆品众多,据古籍记载,前胡与柴胡也有混淆。《本草纲目》:“前胡有数种,惟以苗高二尺,色似斜蒿,叶如野菊而细瘦,嫩时可食,秋月开白花,类蛇床子花,其根皮黑肉白,有香气为真。大抵北地者为胜,故方书称北前胡云。”前胡的植物来源前胡,来源为伞形科植物白花前胡 Former first came from “famous doctors do not record.” “Lei Gong Gun Sunburn”: “Where the former Hu, do not use Artemisia root, the edge is really like the first Hu, just Pickle .If the wrong use, it is nausea do not eat.” “ Ancient records, the former Hu and Bupleurum are also confused. ”Compendium of Materia Medica“: ”There are several kinds of former Hu, but to two feet high, color like Artemisia annua, leaves such as chrysanthemum and thin, edible when tender, open the white moon flowers, , There is aroma is true, probably for the North to win, so the book says North before Hu Yun. “” Peucedanum plant before the former Hu, the source for the Umbelliferae Baihuaqianhu