中药独活和羌活可用于驱风止痛,《神农本草经》曾把它们记载为同种生药。目前在中国,独活和羌活并不被视作同种生药,前者系羌活(Notopterygium sp. )的根茎,后者为毛当归(Angelica pubscens)的根,还有其它几种伞形科植物和一种五加科植物也是独活的植物来源。土当归(Aralia cordata)在中国一些地区被用作独活使用。在日本,和独活与和羌活几乎完全一样,差别仅在于前者为主根,而后者为侧生根干燥制成。由于这些生药用于治疗 Traditional Chinese medicines live alone and livelihood can be used to drive wind and relieve pain. The Shennong Bencao Jing once recorded them as the same crude drug. At present, in China, it is not considered to be the same kind of crude drug. The former is the root of Notopterygium sp., while the latter is the root of Angelica pubscens. There are also several other Umbelliferae plants and one. The species of Araliaceae plants is also a living plant source. The Aralia cordata is used as a live animal in some parts of China. In Japan, it is almost exactly the same as livelihood and livelihood. The only difference is that the former is the main root, while the latter is made by lateral root drying. Because these crude drugs are used for treatment