早在两千年前,人们已用天麻来入药治病。《神农本草》中所说的赤箭,就是天麻。这是因为天麻直立似箭杆而色赤。到了宋代《天宝本草》在收录有关药材时,才始用天麻之名。时至今天,赤箭这一古老的名称已不大为一般人所知了。天麻的生态别具一格,与我们常见的植物大不相同。我们既看不见它的叶子, As early as two thousand years ago, people had used Tianma to cure the disease. The Chijian in the “Shen Nong Materia Medica” is Gastrodia. This is because Gastrodia erectus is like an arrow and it is colored red. When the Song Dynasty “Tianbao Materia Medica” included medicinal herbs, it began to use the name of Tianma. Today, the ancient name of Chijian is no longer widely known. Gastrodia’s ecology is unique and different from our common plants. We can’t see its leaves,