中国古代本草的性与效

Property and Effect in Chinese Ancient Herbalism

中国古代本草传统理论的构建离不开医疗实践过程中对药物功效的累积认识,同时又与不同时期用不同药性理论来阐释功效机理的博物学传统密切相关。《黄帝内经》与《神农本草经》的集结成书是中医学本草传统得以初步形成的标志,两书对药性与功效有相对完整的表述,但所关注的焦点有所差别。《神农本草经》以后,以药性阐释功效逐渐成为本草学的发展趋势与基本特色,明清时期大量本草注释著作的出现使这种特色进一步凸显。

The construction of traditional theory of Chinese herbalism cannot do without the accumulated understanding of herb effect in clinical practice. Meanwhile,it closely relates to the natural history of using different theories of herb property to explain effect and mechanism at different stages. The compilation of Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor（ 《黄帝内经》） and Shennong Bencao Jing（ 《神农本草经》） represent the initial formation of traditional herbalism in Chinese medicine. These two books have a relatively complete description of property and effects of herbs,but with different focus of concerning. After Shennong Bencao Jing,explaining the effect from property of herbs gradually become the developing trend and basic characteristics of herbalism. During the Ming-Qing Dynasties,publication of a large number of herbal annotation works further highlights this feature.