唐代药业发展述要

Brief Introduction of Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry in Tang Dynasty

唐代经济繁荣,文化昌盛,全国洋溢着一种开放包容、积极向上的时代精神。唐代药业在隋朝奠定的良好基础上有很大发展,呈现出一派新气象,城市有了较多药肆,农村草市也出现药肆,蜀地梓州兴起一年一度的定期药市,西域高昌及内地多城有常年药市,个体卖药人在地区内甚至全国内流动卖药。唐代有40种药材有人工栽培,与数十个国家和地区有药材交流贸易。长安、洛阳、扬州、成都、广州是药业发达城市,其中广州、泉州、扬州是重要的外贸港城。唐代首部出现的国家本草载药844种,常用药材有680种,土贡优质药材有140种,医学教育也从中央开办的国家级发展到地方州级。

The Tang Dynasty was very prosperous and the country was filled with a positive and optimistic spirit of the times.The traditional Chinese medicine industry has developed greatly on the basis of the Sui Dynasty.There were a lot of medicine stores in the city at that time.The annual medicine market in the city of Zizhou was rising.In that time,there were 40 kinds of herbs that were artificially cultivated and medicines were exported to many countries and regions.The traditional Chinese medicine industry in cities such as Chang’an,Luoyang,Yangzhou,Chengdu and Guangzhou had highly developed.Guangzhou,Quanzhou and Yangzhou were important export trade ports.The first national herbal medicine book included 844 kinds of herbs,680 kinds of commonly used medicines,and 140 kinds of high-quality medicines were issued.Medical education had developed from the national level of the central government to the local state level.