古代本草文献分类探讨

Classification of Ancient Herbal Literatures

通过对古代本草文献的研究,将我国古代的本草分为综合类、药性类、食疗和救荒类、药典类、炮制类、海外及地域类、歌括类、图谱类、单味药类、专科类、采药类、栽培类、音义类、节纂改编类、节录类、分经类、辑佚类等18种类别,以利于现代对古代本草文献的科学利用。

Ancient Chinese herbal literatures were studied. The literatures were divided into 18 categories as follows： herbal literatures of the general, literatures about the herb nature, the dietetic therapy and relief of famines, the pharmacopoeia, the herb processing, herbs overseas or belongs to some region, literatures written as mnemonic rhymes, atlas, literatures about single ingredient, herbs for special therapy, herbal cultivation, sound and meaning, the compiled and reorganized literatures, the brief literatures, literatures about herbs relating to meridian and literatures about collection of recluse data. The herbal literatures were classified to help the use of ancient herbs in modern times.