Medical Relics Related to Li Shizhen Collected in Shanghai Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine

This article introduces various editions of Ben Cao Gang Mu(《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica)and displays or collects in the Shanghai Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM),along with many other works on the study of Li Shizhen.Li Shizhen is not only a distinguished physician and pharmacist in the Ming dynasty of China but also a great scientist in human history.The most prominent contribution Li had made was sorting and developing the traditional Chinese herbal medicine,with the compilation of Ben Cao Gang Mu(《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica),which represented the highest level of pharmaceutical development of TCM from a new starting line.

Li Shizhen and The Grand Compendium of Materia Medica

Li Shizhen(courtesy name:Li Dongbi,assumed name:Li Binhu;1518e1593)was from Qizhou(present Qichun County,Hubei Province).He came from a family lineage of physicians.His grandfather,an itinerant healer usually walked the streets to treat poor people,and his father was a famous physician in his hometown.He was brought up and nurtured by his family tradition and he expressed keen interest in medicine.

Li Shizhen and the Spirit of Investigation of Things and the Extension of Knowledge

Li Shizhen was a Ming Dynasty physician and was greatly influenced by the New-Confucian beliefs of the time.Although Ben Cao Gang Mu(《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica)is a monograph on medicine,its purpose is“to investigate things.”The best way to get to know historical figures is to restore facts.

Searching for Chinese Medicinal Plants in Greek Classical Medicine: A First Approach

This article examines the presence and uses of plants attested in the Chinese medical tradition in the materia medica literature of classical antiquity.It is based on the consultation of the major ancient compilations on materia medica of Chinese medicine and classical antiquity,specifically Bencao Gangmu by Li Shizhen(16th cent.)and De materia medica by Dioscorides(1st cent.A.D.).The article is divided in three major parts:the identification of plants used in the Chinese medical tradition in the medicine of the Mediterranean World in Antiquity;the analysis of the knowledge of these plants and their origin in classical antiquity;a comparison of the uses of these plants in the Bencao Gangmu and De materia medica.It traces the presence of plants of the Chinese medical tradition in Classical antiquity.Although their exact origin was not known,they were reputed at that time to be native to either India or the Black Sea,two areas that correspond to the ending points of the Silk Road.As for their uses in both traditions,they correspond for some plants,whereas they do not for others because either the uses attested in the Chinese tradition were not preserved on the Mediterranean or different uses appeared in the Mediterranean tradition.These differentiated uses hint at both continuities and ruptures,with the latter resulting from the long journey of the plants from the Chinese World to the Mediterranean and,at the same time,attempts aimed to diversify and optimize the applications of non-native medicinal substances.

Comments on Ben Cao Gang Mu Cai Se Yao Tu(《本草纲目彩色药图》Colored Illustrations of Compendium of Chinese Materia Medica)

This article gives a brief introduction of Ben Cao GangMu Cai Se Yao Tu(《本草纲目彩色药图》ColoredHerb Illustrations of Compendium of Materia Medico)and explains the history of herb illustrations in each dynasty,the illustration of Ben Cao Gang Mu(《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Me died)and the value and the significance of Ben Cao GangMu Cai Se Yao Tu in detail.

湿疹1号对脾虚型豚鼠急性湿疹模型K17、LTB4和LTC4影响的实验研究

目的:研究湿疹1号对脾虚型豚鼠急性湿疹模型K17、LTB4和LTC4的影响,探讨其抗变应性炎症的作用机制。方法:通过饮食不节和疲劳过度方式建立豚鼠脾虚证模型,采用Doyora法建立豚鼠急性湿疹模型。实验分为阴性对照组、脾虚急性湿疹空白对照组、脾虚急性湿疹中药治疗低剂量组、脾虚急性湿疹中药治疗高剂量组、脾虚急性湿疹中药(黄柏胶囊)阳性对照组和脾虚急性湿疹西药(氯雷他定片)阳性对照组。采用免疫组化方法,检测治疗后6组豚鼠病变皮肤组织中K17水平;采用酶联吸附试验(ELISA方法),比较6组豚鼠治疗后血清LTB4和LTC4的浓度。评估湿疹1号对变应性炎症的影响。结果:治疗各组均可降低K17、LTB4和LTC4水平。其中中药高剂量组K17水平降低最显著;氯雷他定组LTB4水平降低最显著;中药高剂量组LTC4水平降低最显著(P<0.05)。中药高剂量组比中药低剂量组K17、LTB4和LTC4水平降低显著,P<0.05。中药高剂量组比黄柏胶囊组K17、LTB4和LTC4水平降低显著(P<0.05)。结论:湿疹1号可降低脾虚型豚鼠急性湿疹K17、LTB4和LTC4水平,提示湿疹1号具有减轻变应性炎症作用。

十六世纪文坛中的宗教修养—屠隆与王世贞的来往（1577－1590）

只有在十六世纪文坛生态与当时人际关系的脉络下，屠隆与王世贞的宗教修养论述才能得到更透彻的理解。在当时相对地独立於官方权力的文学场域中，主盟文坛的领袖再没有台阁文学之臣的名分加冕。在屠隆这般野心较强的文人看来，盟主的权力似乎可以被挑战，这份野心遂造成两人之间的潜在张力。可是，由於世贞累积的文化资本已让盟主之位十分稳固，屠隆无法在文坛中脱离世贞的权力。後来，世贞透过成为仙师昙阳子的代言人，将盟主的权力伸展到宗教修养的场域中，屠隆便尝试在这方面突破世贞的宰制。随着两人的关系因宋世恩案而恶化，他们在修养议题上的攻防更为剧烈。本文将会展示他们的来往言论并不是以互相攻过或精进修养为目标，而是要压过对手，标榜自身的优越，换言之，是一场互相角力的修辞竞争。