对传统中药学与生药学的比较探讨

Comparison between Traditional Science of Chinese Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy

目的:区别传统中药学与生药学的不同,探讨中药的发展方向。方法:比较传统中药学与生药学在理论基础、研究内容、治病原理和鉴别中药质量方面的不同,阐明生药学与传统中药学是完全不同的两个概念。结果:目前中药学被生药学理论束缚,传统中药学有逐渐被西药学理论为基础的生药学所取代的趋势。结论:中药的发展方向需要反思和探讨,现代中药研究应按照中药本身的自然规律去研究,避免按西药开发的模式研究开发中药,而违背中医药的基础理论。

OBJECTIVE： To distinguish between the traditional science of Chinese materia medica and the pharmacognosy and discuss the developmental direction of the traditional Chinese medicine. METHODS： The differences between the tradi- tional science of Chinese materia medica and the pharmacognosy in rationale, research contents, medical treatment principles and identification of the quality of the traditional Chinese medicine were compared to clarify that the pharmacognosy and tra- ditional science of Chinese materia medica are completely different concepts. RESULTS： At present, the science of Chinese materia medica is constrained by the theory of pharmacognosy, and the traditional science of Chinese materia medica is tended to be gradually replaced by the western - medicine - theory - based pharmacognosy. CONCLUSION ： It is necessary to recon- sider and discuss the developmental direction of the traditional Chinese medicine. Modern research on Chinese medicine should follow the natural laws of the Chinese medicine itself rather than following the development mode of the western medicines.