略论中药资源科学面临的现实与挑战

Major tasks and challenges for Resources Science of Chinese Medicinal Materials

结合目前的现状,论述了中药资源科学面临的主要任务及挑战,同时对有关问题阐述了见解。重点从生态环境与生物学角度阐述中药资源学与土壤学、分子生物学的交叉与融合,将是中药资源科学发展的必然趋势。分子生物学的迅猛发展,必将影响中药资源学发展的趋势。自然科学、社会科学与人文科学在生态科学领域中走向了融合与交叉。分子生物学的理论与技术正全面地渗透到中药资源科学中,并进一步利用生物技术手段,有目的地改良中药资源环境,从而使人类有一个可以持续利用的中药资源和健康发展的协调生存空间。中药资源学面临了多种挑战与机遇,除了在微观与宏观两个层次上继续拓展外,更加注重尺度转换与实践应用问题以及同其他学科的交叉,尤其是地球科学。这也正是推动中药资源科学发展的动力所在。无疑,生物因素将是多学科交叉与融合的生长点,是解决目前中药资源面临重大难题的根本性措施的源泉。

This paper gives a simple and systematic listing of the major tasks and challenges for Resources Science of Chinese Medicinal Materials in the present century based on work already done,and sets forth opinions on related problems .From the ecological and biological point of view,the paper emphasizes that the cross and integration of Resources Science of Chinese Medicinal Materials with soil science and molecular biology are bound to be the trend of development of Resources Science of Chinese Medicinal Materials. Molecular biology is one of the fastest developing disciplines of the life sciences, which will influence development of Resources Science of Chinese Medicinal Materials.Areas of the natural sciences,social sciences,and humanities have come together and been integrated in the field of ecological science.The theory and technology of molecular biology are penetrating to the Resources Science of Chinese Medicinal Materials across the board and intentionally improving environment of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources by means of biological technology, so that humans have a sustainable use of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources and the harmony living space where humans can develop healthily. Theresearch field of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources faces a variety of challenges and opportunities and pays more attention to scale conversion , practice , application and its integration with other disciplines, especially the geo-science, in combination with the continuing exploration in both macro-level and molecular level .This is what drives the development of Resources Science of Chinese Medicinal Materials. Undoubtedly, biological factors will be the growing point of multidisciplinary cross and integration and the major source to solving the great problems on the sustainable use of Chinese Medicinal Materials in a fundamental way.