When the ancients said herbal medicine, they meant traditional Chinese medicine. Why do people in costume TV dramas say "Chinese medicine"? Isn't traditional Chinese medicine a modern saying? In order

When the ancients said herbal medicine, they meant traditional Chinese medicine. Why do people in costume TV dramas say "Chinese medicine"? Isn't traditional Chinese medicine a modern saying? In order to distinguish Chinese medicine from western medicine Because the expression and content of TV series should be easy to understand, if it is entertaining and unnecessary, it can be explained by the golden mean, which is compatible with modern people's understanding. The simple differences between traditional Chinese medicine and herbal medicine are as follows:

1, and "traditional Chinese medicine" in a broad sense includes traditional Chinese medicine, herbal medicine and Chinese patent medicine;

2. The narrow sense of "traditional Chinese medicine" refers to the medicinal plants, animals and minerals used by doctors and pharmacies included in the materia medica and pharmacopoeia of past dynasties;

3. "Herbs": natural medicines for treating diseases, including plants, animals, minerals and other natural medicines, which have not been included in the regular pharmacopoeia and pharmacies in past dynasties and have been widely circulated among the people. Herbs are the main ones, and whole grasses are the main ones.

Chinese medicine is official, and herbs are folk.