作者	主编：贺兴东/等
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出版时间	1998-09-01

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片断：GeneralDiscussion1.ConceptsofChineseDrugsChineseDrugs:ThetraditionalChinesedrugsareoftwomajorcharacteris-tics,mostofwhichareproducedinChina;andtheyareclinicallyusedtotreatdiseasesaccordingtothebasictheoryoftraditionalChinesemedicineandChinesemateriamedica.ChinesedrugsreflecttraditionalculturalfeaturesintheChinesehistoryincertainaspects.Herbs:Chinesedrugslargelycomefromplantswithmedicinalherbsastheirmainstays.Therefore,sinceancienttimes,Chinesedrugshavebeencalledherbs.TheChineseMateriaMedica:TheChinesemateriamedica,animportantcomponentpartofthetraditionalChinesemedicine,isaspecialsubjectforstudy-ingthetheoryonpropertiesofChinesedrugs,theirproducingareas,collection,preparation,effects,dosageandadministration.2.TheOriginandDevelopmentofChineseDrugsChinesedrugsoriginatedfromproductiveandmedicalpracticebythelabouringpeopleinancientChina.Therecordof"ShenNongtastingahundredherbscameacross70toxicsubstancesinasingleday"isavividdescriptionofthediscoveryanddevelopmentofChinesedrugsbythelabouringpeopleinancientChinaatenormouscostsinthestruggleagainstdiseases.Asearlyastheprimitivetimes,whilelookingforfood,mankindaccidentallydiscoveredthatsomeplantscouldalleviateoreliminatesufferingsfromdiseases.Sincethen,peoplehavebeenactivelylookingfordrugs.Inremoteantiquitywhenwrittenlanguageswerenotinvented,theknowl-edgeaboutdrugscouldonlybedisseminatedandaccumulatedgenerationbygen-erationinspokenlanguages.Aftertheinventionofwrittenlanguages,theknowl-edgeaboutdrugscloselyrelatedtobirth,senility,illnessanddeathofpeoplewasnaturallyrecordedinwrittenlanguages.Medicinalwinewasrecordedwithin-scriptionsonbonesortortoiseshellsintheShangDynasty.Drugswerealsorecordedinearlyhistoricalbooks.WiththeincreaseinChinesedrugs,thedevelopmentoftheirpracticaluseandtheresearchintotheoryontheirproperties,SpecialbooksonChineseherbswerepublished.InthehistoryofthedevelopmentofChinesebooks,therewerefiveherbalclassic:ShenNong'sHerbalClassicinlateEastHanDynasty,Vario-rumofShenNong'sHerbalinLiangDynasty,TheNewly-RevisedMateriaMedi-cainTangDynasty,ClassicClassifiedMateriaMedicaforEmergencyinSongDynasty,CompendiumofMateriaMedicainMingDynastyandSupplementtotheCompendiumofMateriaMedicainQingDynasty.Amongthem,ShenNong'sHerbalClassicistheearliestSpecialbookonChinesemateriamedica,TheNew-ly-RevisedMateriaMedicaistheearliestpharmacopeialbook,andCompendiumofMateriaMedicahasarelativelyenormousinfluenceintheworld.SincethefoundingofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,traditionalChinesemedicineandtheChinesemateriamedicahasbeendevelopingrapidly.Tradition-alherbsaredividedintoChineseMateriaMedica,MedicinalChemistryofChi-neseDrugs,MedicinalBotanyofChinesedrugs,PharmacologyofChineseDrugsandmanyotherrelatedsubjects.Asmanyas5767kindsofChinesedrugswerecompiledinChineseMateriaMedicaDictionarypublishedin1975,reflectingtoacertainextentthelevelofthedevelopmentofChinesedrugsinthepresentage.