Traditional Chinese pharmaceuticals 2008-5-31 15:23:37

History culture ,Traditional Chinese pharmaceuticals

Traditional Chinese pharmaceuticalsenjoy a venerated history, but the termitself was not coined until Western pharmaceuticals found their way into China. Modem Western pharmacology beganto spread into China during the Ming-Qing

interregnum, and was coexisting with traditional Chinese pharmacology in some

major Chinese cities by the 1920s.

Theterms "traditional Chinese medicine" and

"traditional Chinese pharmacology" arecoined to distinguish traditional Chinese

medical science from its Western counterpart.

Traditional Chinese pharmaceuticals are made from medicinal herbs andanimals, and named after the materials' names, medical effects, originality ingrowth, shapes, forms, and even the legends about them. Traditional Chinese pharmacology is a major contribution Chinamakes to humankind.

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