Historical narrative Chinese medicine wine agent, decoction and pharmacology

Source: health large field of view

        Wine used in medicine, namely "wine agent, this in medical history was an important invention.

        In the medical, wine with a small amount of can be used as a stimulant, can "tong blood", "line medicine potential"; The more quantity can be used as a drug or solvent; Wine can also be used to machining processing drugs. In the 15th century BC, the wine in China has been applied in medicine. In China, the spring and autumn period (770 years before · before 403) wine in the application of drugs has become widespread. The period of medical prescription books "fifty-two disease party" in column unilateral 283, of which the wine FangZiDa 33. In the party, some drug use first wine processing or use after soaking wine to drink the juice, still have a plenty of wine with made pills. There are some treatment methods for treating the disease people before or after treatment, such as drinking alcohol.

        Decoction is also called the soup fluid, traditional Chinese medicine is one of the important dosage form. The earliest Chinese medicine designed with the "yellow emperor · element asked," said: "the ancient times for decoction", China in the spring and autumn period, the use of liquid soup is very common. In the soup liquid before the invention of the ancients treatment method, it is crude drugs directly into mouth chewing. This kind of medicine method, the patient to swallow, side effects, and limits the drug taking and pharmacodynamic play. Soup fluid not only convenient use, the efficacy of easy to play, and expand the scope of the drug, weakened the side effects of the drug. The pharmacy is great progress, is also the medical history and an important invention.

        Modern Chinese medicine pharmacology, is after 1950 s appear, it is the study of traditional Chinese medicine and the body (including pathogen) of interaction between law and principle, to clarify traditional Chinese medicine theory and the rational use of Chinese traditional medicine, the prevention and control of diseases, and provide scientific basis for the modern discipline.

        Chinese medicine pharmacology is Chinese materia medica branch. With the help of the modern pharmacology of traditional Chinese medicine research. Its method is experimental, namely in the predecessors on the basis of practice, the choice of the clinical effective traditional Chinese medicine or prescription, in close control under the condition of observation. Therefore, it is Chinese materia medica, formulas of Chinese medicine and modern pharmacology combination of interdisciplinary subject.

        Chinese traditional medicine cure has a long history and effective. Previous through long-term practice, observation, research, and gradually formed a set of unique medicine theory, and gradually formed a set of unique medicine theory. In writing in the warring states period tiger han period of China the earliest extant drug monograph "shen nong's materia medica", with the sexual flavour, attending effect, be waited for to explain according to the drug. "Pharmacology" is the name of appeared in the song dynasty. Gradually the holy to the "volume of nine title is" pharmacological articles ", the content of traditional Chinese medicine for the pharmacology. Due to the limitation of historical conditions, for a long time, Chinese traditional medicine theory progress is slow, and lack of concept of quantity and controllable index. With the development of science. In the early 1920 s, Chinese scholars first in Chinese ephedra the pharmacological research. The biological activity, with physiology, biochemistry, pathology, etc index expression, found its specific pharmacological action. The paper sending, vibration at home and abroad, cause the world to Chinese medicine pharmacology research scholars attention. In recent years, the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine "card", and the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine "card" of the experimental animal model, to promote the further development of the traditional Chinese medicine pharmacology.