砂仁是一味辛温理气、健脾消胀、安胎止呕的南药,以其干燥果实为主入药,是临床常用而紧缺的中药之一。传统上以广东产阳春砂仁(Amomum Villosum Lour)及进口缩砂(Amomum Xanthioides Wall)为正品,而福建民间及药铺习用的是福建产土砂仁——山姜(Alpinia Japonica Miq)和华山姜(Alpinia Chinensis Rosc)的成熟干燥果实或种子团。福建省长泰县引种阳春砂仁已有百余年的历史 Amomum villosum is a southern medicine that is pungently warm, qi and spleen swells, and prevents vomiting. Its dried fruits are mainly used as medicine, and it is one of the commonly used and in short supply of traditional Chinese medicines. Traditionally, Amomum Villosum Lour and Amomum Xanthioides Wall have been used as authentic products in Fujian, while the Fujian folk and drug shops have used the Fujian-produced native Amomum villosum L. (Alpinia Japonica Miq) and Huashan Jiang ( Mature dried fruit or seed mass of Alpinia Chinensis Rosc). Introduction of Yangchun Amomum in Changtai County, Fujian Province for more than 100 years