The earliest Chinese preparations standard

monograph pharmacopoeia taiping huimin and agent

     The taiping huimin and agent under pharmacopoeia (hereinafter referred to as the pharmacopoeia), is our country's earliest proprietary Chinese medicine preparation standard monographs.

    According to the official sung history • "account: volunteer five YuanFeng between (song god Pope 1078-1085)" and agent bureau, huimin innings and medicine, sell palm fix adjustment disease. "people Visible, the song dynasty has set up the middle drug administration. Ning between (1102 chung gradually -- implied the drug administration 1106) drug standards, and pick the winners, called "and agent pharmacopoeia. Grand view between (1-1110), famous doctor ChenCheng, PeiZongYuan, Chen teacher once told the articles and other pharmacopoeia edits "and agent five volumes, rebuild, 2l door, load side project first 297. After SongNa crossing, shaoxing 18 years (1148) drug innings was renamed as "peace", so the huimin innings and agent pharmacopoeia also was renamed as "peace huimin and agent pharmacopoeia. Thereafter it written by many supplemented rebuild, then, the book world, already increased to 10 volumes, load square first, at the end of the book with criterions XuHong Ed the assistant cure too much medication guide "3 volumes, medicine, content cannon monographs char and did, etc.

    "Within the pharmacopoeia of wind, typhoid, list all gas, phlegm retention, the imaginary, Gu cold, deposition of hot, diarrhea, eyes diarrhoea and sore throat sprint miscellaneous diseases, grunting, sores, puffy injury fold, the disease and the woman disease polio 14 door. Criterions contained in pill form square, the first), scattered (290 for many, first) (233 per square except list after issuing and drug Lord cure outside of drugs, the preparation of the processing method and agent are also detailed instructions. Therefore, it has both the role and formula manual promotion medicine purposes. And the party of drug in practical, easy is easy to introduce and popularize the region in the doctor less, dispensing cure, therefore according to party in domestic flow traditional book influenced widely,.

    The pharmacopoeia squad in song dynasty, many times, content also benefit hasten is rich proficiency. Most of them are when medical prescription for years clinical experience summary, such as "siwu soup," "sijunzi decoction", "his treasure Dan", "also pill", "bezoar purple snow Dan, and pediatric medicine" wufu turn poison Dan ", "fat son pill", because curative effect is distinct, is still used today. But there were also some herbal taste, Syria, possibly a hunger, is its issuing deficiencies.

     The pharmacopoeia, than the advent of eighteenth-century England just some "medicine JuFang" even early for over 600 years. Therefore, also can say it is one of the world's earliest medicine books.