清以来宁夏枸杞作为地道药材的形成史

Changes of Origin of Authentic Traditional Medicinal Herbs and the Socio-Cultural Reconstruction:The Case of Ningxia gouqi,or Lycium barbarum

清代后期,宁夏枸杞取代甘州枸杞,成为新的地道药材。横向来看,在记录这一变化时,当时的地方性知识和贸易资料要比主流本草叙事敏感。此外,清以来甘宁两地水环境和种植方式的变更亦是不能忽视的因素。但无论变迁与否,宁夏枸杞所承继的枸杞之于医学及日常生活的意义,仍旧是与同时期诸多非地道枸杞一道构建的。药效的高下只是地道药材形成的重要要素之一,其时的环境变迁、贸易与社会文化等因素均属其中之义。

As late as the late Qing the Ganzhou gouqi was replaced with its counterpart in Ningxia,which assumed the authentic origin of such traditional Chinese medicine. Horizontally examining concerned materials,readers may find that the indigenous knowledge and trade records were more serious about the authenticity than the medical narratives per se. Besides this,changes taking place in the water environment and planting patterns in Ganzhou and Ningxia were indispensable to the alterations to the authentic origin of gouqi.Despite foregoing discussions,the reconstruction of gouqi's significance to medicine and everyday life was coincident with the similar work done to unauthentic gouqi produced in numerous regions. For this reason,it could be concluded that apart from the true effect,the environmental change,trade,and socio-cultural elements played quite a significant role in the authenticity of a traditional Chinese medicine.