Bencao Tujing(Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica)is a brilliant and monumental compendium of materia medica by Su Song,which was published in 1061 and gathered ancestral knowledge from the Song dynasty as a legacy ...Bencao Tujing(Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica)is a brilliant and monumental compendium of materia medica by Su Song,which was published in 1061 and gathered ancestral knowledge from the Song dynasty as a legacy for posterity.The compendium emphasized the clinical applications of medicinal materials collected nationwide,which used illustrated atlases as references.The descriptions for each medicinal material subsumed the prescriptions containing it and were supplemented with relevant medical cases.Medical prescriptions predating the Song dynasty were included,which enhanced the clinical usefulness of the pharmacopoeia.The ancestral knowledge of materia medica was extensively merged with natural history throughout the compendium,which also made extensive reference to more than 200 Chinese classics,local gazetteers,and published works from the social and natural sciences.The inclusion of natural history and literature works changed the convention used in earlier pharmacopoeias to present medicines based solely on pharmacological analyses.The compendium also pioneered the inclusion of natural history in pharmacopoeia.Bencao Tujing helped establish China’s leading position in the field of materia medica.Su Song’s meticulous nature,truth-seeking attitude,and adherence to scientific thinking are truly worthy of emulation and promotion.展开更多
Ben Cao Gang Mu(《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica)written by Li Shizhen(李时珍)was first introduced to Japan in the early 17th century and played an important role in the development of Japanese Material Medica...Ben Cao Gang Mu(《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica)written by Li Shizhen(李时珍)was first introduced to Japan in the early 17th century and played an important role in the development of Japanese Material Medica and natural history in the Edo period.Tokugawa Ieyasu(德川家康),a shogun general,and Hayashi Razan(林罗山),a famous Confucianist in the Edo period,first recommended Ben Cao Gang Mu in Japan.Then,there emerged more scholars at herbal medicine in Japan who studied and taught Ben Cao Gang Mu through family teaching and master-apprenticeship training.Among them,the work of scholars such as Kaibara Ekiken(贝原益轩),Okamoto Ippou(冈本一抱),Matsuoka Gentatsu(松冈玄达),Ono Ranzan(小野蘭山),Iwasaki Kan-en(岩崎灌园),and Maeda Toshiyasu(前田利保)is of great significance to promote the wide communication and acceptance of Ben Cao Gang Mu in the Edo period in Japan.The rise of the Ben Cao Gang Mu in Japan fueled the development of Japanese herbal science and natural history to a new level.展开更多
Taking the Ben Cao Gang Mu(《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica)(Jinling edition金陵本)as the research object and“Jing”as the search term,this article summarizes the quantity of medicinals containing“Jing”in B...Taking the Ben Cao Gang Mu(《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica)(Jinling edition金陵本)as the research object and“Jing”as the search term,this article summarizes the quantity of medicinals containing“Jing”in Ben Cao Gang Mu,analyzes the connotation and application of“Jing”in traditional Chinese medicine,and finds that the application of“Jing”in medicine does not deviate from the original meaning of“Jing,”but endows it with the concepts of medicine and pharmacy,and expands the application scope of“Jing.”This study is helpful to understand and use spermicide more reasonably.展开更多
The compilation of Compendium of Materia Medica by IA Shizhen is the product of both his great dream of writing and years of diligent work and it was also all round related to the historical times when he lived.At tha...The compilation of Compendium of Materia Medica by IA Shizhen is the product of both his great dream of writing and years of diligent work and it was also all round related to the historical times when he lived.At that time,the appreciation from the Emperor,competitive publication of medical works by the state kings and the rapid developments in medicine in the Ming dynasty all contributed to the establishment of a solid foundation for the success of Compendium of Materia Medica.This paper explored the contributing factors of the great work from a perspective of the historical environment.展开更多
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 ...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.展开更多
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“...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.展开更多
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT9-10 August 2016Room 103,Dr.Hari Harilela Lecture Theatre,The Wing Lung Bank Building for Business Studies Hong Kong Baptist Universilty(Shaw Campus),34 Renfrrew Road,Kowloon Tong,Hong Kong'The 5...FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT9-10 August 2016Room 103,Dr.Hari Harilela Lecture Theatre,The Wing Lung Bank Building for Business Studies Hong Kong Baptist Universilty(Shaw Campus),34 Renfrrew Road,Kowloon Tong,Hong Kong'The 5th Annual Meeting of GP-TCM Research Association-cum-Summit on Compendium of Materia Medica and Innovative Drug Discovery in Chinese Medicine',jointly organised by GP-TCM Research Association,School of Chinese Medicine of Hong Kong Baptist University,and TCM Chemistry Specialty Committee and TCM Pharmaceutical Analysis展开更多
基金This study was financed by the grant from the Third National Level Premier Open Course Resources Program for Undergraduates by the Ministry of Education of China(No.2013-94).
文摘Bencao Tujing(Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica)is a brilliant and monumental compendium of materia medica by Su Song,which was published in 1061 and gathered ancestral knowledge from the Song dynasty as a legacy for posterity.The compendium emphasized the clinical applications of medicinal materials collected nationwide,which used illustrated atlases as references.The descriptions for each medicinal material subsumed the prescriptions containing it and were supplemented with relevant medical cases.Medical prescriptions predating the Song dynasty were included,which enhanced the clinical usefulness of the pharmacopoeia.The ancestral knowledge of materia medica was extensively merged with natural history throughout the compendium,which also made extensive reference to more than 200 Chinese classics,local gazetteers,and published works from the social and natural sciences.The inclusion of natural history and literature works changed the convention used in earlier pharmacopoeias to present medicines based solely on pharmacological analyses.The compendium also pioneered the inclusion of natural history in pharmacopoeia.Bencao Tujing helped establish China’s leading position in the field of materia medica.Su Song’s meticulous nature,truth-seeking attitude,and adherence to scientific thinking are truly worthy of emulation and promotion.
基金Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2018M632153)New Youth Teacher Training Funding Scheme at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine(No.A1-U17205010471).
文摘Ben Cao Gang Mu(《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica)written by Li Shizhen(李时珍)was first introduced to Japan in the early 17th century and played an important role in the development of Japanese Material Medica and natural history in the Edo period.Tokugawa Ieyasu(德川家康),a shogun general,and Hayashi Razan(林罗山),a famous Confucianist in the Edo period,first recommended Ben Cao Gang Mu in Japan.Then,there emerged more scholars at herbal medicine in Japan who studied and taught Ben Cao Gang Mu through family teaching and master-apprenticeship training.Among them,the work of scholars such as Kaibara Ekiken(贝原益轩),Okamoto Ippou(冈本一抱),Matsuoka Gentatsu(松冈玄达),Ono Ranzan(小野蘭山),Iwasaki Kan-en(岩崎灌园),and Maeda Toshiyasu(前田利保)is of great significance to promote the wide communication and acceptance of Ben Cao Gang Mu in the Edo period in Japan.The rise of the Ben Cao Gang Mu in Japan fueled the development of Japanese herbal science and natural history to a new level.
文摘Taking the Ben Cao Gang Mu(《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica)(Jinling edition金陵本)as the research object and“Jing”as the search term,this article summarizes the quantity of medicinals containing“Jing”in Ben Cao Gang Mu,analyzes the connotation and application of“Jing”in traditional Chinese medicine,and finds that the application of“Jing”in medicine does not deviate from the original meaning of“Jing,”but endows it with the concepts of medicine and pharmacy,and expands the application scope of“Jing.”This study is helpful to understand and use spermicide more reasonably.
基金Scientific Research Innovation Team of BUCM--Arrangement and Research on Traditional Chinese Medicine Classics(2019-JYB-TD017).
文摘The compilation of Compendium of Materia Medica by IA Shizhen is the product of both his great dream of writing and years of diligent work and it was also all round related to the historical times when he lived.At that time,the appreciation from the Emperor,competitive publication of medical works by the state kings and the rapid developments in medicine in the Ming dynasty all contributed to the establishment of a solid foundation for the success of Compendium of Materia Medica.This paper explored the contributing factors of the great work from a perspective of the historical environment.
文摘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.
文摘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.
文摘FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT9-10 August 2016Room 103,Dr.Hari Harilela Lecture Theatre,The Wing Lung Bank Building for Business Studies Hong Kong Baptist Universilty(Shaw Campus),34 Renfrrew Road,Kowloon Tong,Hong Kong'The 5th Annual Meeting of GP-TCM Research Association-cum-Summit on Compendium of Materia Medica and Innovative Drug Discovery in Chinese Medicine',jointly organised by GP-TCM Research Association,School of Chinese Medicine of Hong Kong Baptist University,and TCM Chemistry Specialty Committee and TCM Pharmaceutical Analysis
