The purposes of this investigation were： （1） to document Taoist herbal medicine in Wudang District, including whichplant species and the ways of processing and administrations; （2） to compare the utilization of medicinal herbs of Taoist medicinein Wudang Disctrict and Traditional Chinese Medicine （TCM）. In this study, based on our botanical survey, 178 species medicinalplants belonging to 75 families were recorded by Wudaug Taoist. Out of these, the most important species were Compositae,Labiatae, Liliaceae, Leguminosae, Berberidaceae, Polygonaceae, Rosaceae and Ranunculaceae. The study revealed that wine,tea and bath were most popular forms of administration in Taoist medicine. Our study is the first time to document Taoist medicinesystematically. Taoist medicine culture can have its characteristics and bring honor to the world cultural hefitage--Wudang Mountains,and then make greater contributions for human health and longevity.
The fragmentation behavior of isoflavones was studied using electrospray ionization-ion trap-time of flight mass spectrometry （ESI-IT-TOF-MSn）. It was found that the isoflavone glycoside bond was easily broken. The fragmentation occurred mostly on the C-ring, and the fragment ions of A^1,3＋ produced by the RDA cracking will predict the hydroxylation replacement on A-ring or B-ring. In addition, four carbonyl groups on the C-ring were fragmented through neutral loss of 28 （-CO）. A and B-rings primarily lose substituents which including a neutral losses of 32 （-CH3OH）, 16 （-CH4）, or 16 （-O）, and 18 （-H2O）. A-ring in the presence of adjacent hydroxylation, also easily made to be a neutral losses of 28 （-CO） or 18 （-H20）. It is likewise common to see methoxy replaced with a neutral losses of 16 （-CH4） or 32 （-CHaOH） in B-ring, also the hydroxylation on benzene ring can occasionally results with the neutral loss of 28 （-CO）.
The development of HKCMM standards is one of the achievements of developing Hong Kong into an intemational centre for Chinese medicine. In order to enable more people concerned to have an intimate knowledge of this standard, the author was invited to introduce the development of HKCMM standards to readers, including： 1） the history of the project and the basis for legislative supports; 2） the composition and operation of the regulatory division, the research institution and the evaluation committee; 3） the progress of HKCMM standards; 4） the contents and features of HKCMM standards.
Radix Astragali （Huangqi） is one of the most valuable traditional Chinese medicinal herbs. It is used in the traditional Chinese medicine to reinforce ＇qi＇, and it has immunostimulant, tonic, and antioxidant activities. There are many different sources of Huangqi in the market. In this study, the quality of Huangqi was evaluated by the measurement of four flavonoids, calycosin-7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, ononin, calycosin and formononetin with HPLC-UV, as well as astragaloside IV with HPLC-ELSD. Samples included different plant species, different places of cultivation, different ages of plants, different seasons of collection and different commercial specifications. The results showed that the contents of isoflavonoids and astragaloside IV varied significantly in different sources. Our study provided useful information for the quality evaluation of Radix Astragali.
