%A Luqi Huang, Lanping Guo, Chaoyi Ma, Wei Gao, Qingjun Yuan %T Top-geoherbs of traditional Chinese medicine: common trait, quality characteristics and formation %0 Journal Article %D 2011 %J Front. Med. %J Frontiers of Medicine %@ 2095-0217 %R 10.1007/s11684-011-0141-y %P 185-194 %V 5 %N 2 %U {https://journal.hep.com.cn/fmd/EN/10.1007/s11684-011-0141-y %8 2011-06-05 %X

Top-geoherbs used in China are always featured with high qualities, and they grow in specified areas with specific environment. Recently, researches on top-geoherbs have attracted increasing attention in China and other countries. In order to have a thorough knowledge of top-geoherbs, this article reviews the concept, historical evolution, common trait and quality characteristics of top-geoherbs, and explains the forming mechanism including genetic mechanism and environmental mechanism. In addition, it introduces the influence of human factors on the quality of top-geoherbs. Finally, it proposes some problems that should be paid attention to in the researches on top-geoherbs.