What are the famous ancient medicines in China?

Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, also known as Classic of Materia Medica or Classic of Materia Medica, is one of the four classic works of Chinese medicine. As the earliest extant TCM works, it originated from Shennong and was handed down from generation to generation. It was compiled into a book in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The book was not written in a moment, and the author is different. Many medical scientists in Qin and Han dynasties collected, summarized and compiled monographs on pharmaceutical experience at that time.

It is the first book in China that systematically summarizes TCM. Most theories and compatibility laws of TCM and the principle of "seven emotions in harmony" have played a great role in the practice of medication for thousands of years and are the source of the development of TCM theory.

2. Don't record famous doctors

If famous doctors don't record, medicine will work. Referred to as "don't record", 3 volumes. Editors are anonymous (one for Dow). Written at the end of Han Dynasty. It was Qin and Han physicians who supplemented the medicinal functions and indications of Shennong Materia Medica, adding 365 new drugs.

Because this book was collected by doctors of all ages, it is called "Records of Famous Doctors". The original book has long been lost. Liang Tao Hongjing collected 365 kinds of drugs in Shen Nong's Classic of Materia Medica and included 365 kinds of drugs in this book, thus preserving the basic contents of this book. His lost articles are mainly found in books such as Symptomatic Materia Medica and Compendium of Materia Medica.

3. Newly revised materia medica

Newly revised materia medica, a book of materia medica, Tang materia medica, Yinggong materia medica, 54 volumes. 23 people, including Tang, were written in the fourth year of Xianqing (AD 659). Text 20 volumes, directory 1 volume; Drug Atlas, 25 volumes, directory 1 volume; The Book of Maps (7 volumes). There are 850 kinds of drugs actually included in the text, which is 1 14 more than that in the notes of materia medica.

This book is based on Notes on Materia Medica, supplemented by annotations and new drugs. Primitive animals and plants are divided into four categories: grass, wood, beast, insect and fish, and the sequence is also divided into two. The title of the new note is "sincerity", and the fine print follows Tao Hongjing's note. The newly added drugs are written in big black letters with "New Accessories" at the end.

In the supplementary notes, most of the forms and sources of drugs are recorded, as well as their efficacy and aliases. There are many places in the book to correct Dow's fallacy, which provides a basis for future generations to correct the original medicine. New Materia Medica is the first pharmacopoeia promulgated by the government in China and the earliest pharmacopoeia in the world. The original book has been lost, and the main contents are preserved in the herbal works of future generations.

4. Compendium of Materia Medica

Compendium of Materia Medica, 52 volumes. Li Shizhen (Dongbi) in Ming Dynasty was written in the 31st year of Jiajing (1552) to the 6th year of Wanli (1578), and it was revised three times. This book is written in the style of "following the outline", so it is named "Outline". Revise it based on Zheng Ben Cao.

The preface (volume 1, 2) is equivalent to the general introduction, which describes the main references of materia medica and the theory of medicinal properties. Volume 1 Materia Medica of Past Dynasties introduces 4 1 species of main materia medica before the Ming Dynasty. The second time, I collected the discourses about the yin-yang smell of drugs, five taboos, specimen yin-yang, ups and downs, reinforcing and reducing, quoting classics, and various drug taboos before the Ming Dynasty, most of which were in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties.

5. Textual research on plant name and reality map

Textual research on plant names and facts, botanical works, 38 volumes. Wu Qizhuo (Luzhai) wrote it in the middle of19th century (about 184 1 ~ 1846). The author died before the book was finished, and it was first published in the 28th year of Daoguang (1848). This book examines the names of plants, but it involves many medicinal plants. * * * contains 17 14 plants, which are divided into the following 12 categories: cereals, vegetables, grasses, sedges, stony grasses, aquatic plants, creeping weeds, herbs, poisonous weeds, squares, fruits and wood.

Attached drawings 1805, mostly sketches. Generally, books are all about one thing and one picture, with pictures and texts in contrast. Its text content introduces the source, origin, shape, color or taste, use, etc. The collected plants are mostly found in Pre-Materia Medica, with a total increase of 5 19 species.

The author's identification of plants pays attention to actual comparative observation and interviews with folk experience for drug identification, so it is very valuable to modern plant varieties. Because of its exquisite graphics, families and genera of plants can often be identified. The book also contains many plant functions obtained from interviews, many of which are related to medicine, so it is also beneficial to medicine.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Shennong Herbal Classic

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Baidu encyclopedia-famous doctors don't record

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Baidu encyclopedia-newly revised materia medica

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Baidu encyclopedia-compendium of materia medica

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Textual Research on Plant Names and Figures