以藿香为例谈外来香药的本土化进程与意义

The Localization Process and Significance of Foreign Fragrant Medicinals:A Case Study of Huoxiang

藿香是目前常用中药之一,是早期传入我国并成功完成本土化的香药中颇具代表意义的一味药物。本文以藿香为研究对象,梳理其自汉代通过丝绸之路传入引种,在隋唐时期被医家初步应用入药,在宋元时期随着香药被广泛应用而融入中医药体系,最终在明清时期发展成熟并有了品类划分的本土化进程。并以该药为代表,总结先于唐宋时期传入我国中原地区的外来香药融入中医药理论体系的过程,以及外来香药传入对中医药理论体系产生的积极影响。

Huoxiang,a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine,stands as a significant representative of fragrant drugs that were introduced into China in the early stage and successfully localized.This study focuses on Huoxiang,tracing its introduction through the Silk Road since the Han Dynasty.It was initially used as medicine by doctors in the Sui and Tang Dynasties,integrated into the traditional Chinese medicine system during the Song and Yuan Dynasties with the wide application of fragrant medicinals,and finally developed and matured in the Ming and Qing Dynasties with the localization process of category division.Taking this medicine as a representative example,this paper summarizes the process of integrating foreign fragrant drugs introduced into the Central Plains of China during the Tang and Song Dynasties into the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine.It also highlights the positive impact of introducing foreign fragrant medicinals on the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine.