汉代医药的炮制与储藏--兼论江西海昏侯墓出土医药内容的价值与意义

Processing and Storage of Medicine in Han Dynasty—And Study on the Value and Significance of Medical Content Unearthed from the Tomb of Liu He,Marquis Haihun

两汉时期,医药获得较大发展,而因事死如事生丧葬思想,汉代墓葬中与医药相关的内容较为丰富,医药种类增多,主要包括植物药、动物药、矿物药、复方药等;炮制技术趋于成熟,形成了净制,切制、火制、水火共制等完善的医药炮制流程,出现了专门的医药炮制工具;储藏手段多样,有较多不同材质﹑形制多样的盛药器。汉代医药炮制与储藏反映了多方面的医药交流﹐折射出汉代人的医疗养生观念,体现了冶炼技术以及社会思想的内容,对研究汉代医疗卫生以及社会生活具有相应的参考价值。

During the periods of the Western and Easter n Han Dynasties, pharmacology developed on a large scale.Owing to the funeral culture of serving the death like the living, medical objects found in Han tombs are rich in content and various in types, mainly including herb medicines, animal medicines, mineral medicines, compound medicines and so on. The technology of medicine processing reached its maturity, which formed into a complete process of cleansing, cutting, fire preparing, as well as fire and water processing, and special pharmaceutical tools be-gan to appear in that time. Furthermore, the means of storage became diversified and practical for the flexible use of the drug containers of different textures and shapes. The medicine processing and storage of the Han Dynasty not only reflect the exchange between various aspects of pharmacology, indicate the medical regimen of then people, but also show the development of smelting process and social thoughtas, which possess an important reference value for studying medical and health service and social life of Han Dynasty.