《管子·地员》与中草药

Relation between the Chinese Herbal Medicine and 《Guanzi·Diyuan》

《管子·地员》记录了各种土地与不同物种的相关问题 ,全文以五数归类、冠名 ,并描述它们的存在状况和彼此关系 ,又记载草土之道、群药安生、五臭畴生等 ,反映了中国古老农业与中药发展同样受五行学说思想影响 ,及群药所宜环境、“地道药材”、药物栽培等基本理论和生产状况 ,说明该文不仅是中国一古老农业植物生态学论著 ,也是一篇表现中国先秦时期中药材生产发展不可多得的重要文献 ,对中医药发展历史、中药栽培、药物品种考证等都具有一定参考价值 。

In 《Guanzi·Diyuan》, it records some problems about terra and species .In the article, they are sorted and named by Five Elements. Otherwise it describes the existing status and interoperable nexus, incluods the rule between plants and terra, the living status of the medicinal herbs , the reproduction of five scented plants in farmland. It reveals the deeply influences of Five Elements Theory on the development of Chinese traditional agriculture as well as the Chinese Traditional Medicine. The suitable environment of herbal growth, the cultivation of traditional Chinese Drugs and the“Genuine Crude Drugs” are also be introduced by this monograph. Thus we can conclude it is not only a work on traditional agricultural botanic ecology,but a valuable literature about the traditional medicinal materials in Qin Dynasty.Concerning the importance on the history,cultivation and the textual research of traditional herbal medicine, it is worth us pay more attention.