2 English reference pharmacognosy
Pharmacology is a subject that studies the resources, quality and inspection of medicinal materials. Based on traditional Chinese medicine, it uses modern science and technology to study the knowledge and technology of origin, production, cultivation, harvesting, processing, identification, component extraction and clinical application of commonly used Chinese medicinal materials.
The research content of herbalism is a new medical discipline in China. It takes medicinal materials as the research object, and the research contents include the source, collection, processing, properties, quality, specifications, identification, storage, marketing and utilization of medicinal materials.
The task of medicinal materia medica is to clarify the position and function of medicinal materials in medical care, study the resources, varieties and uses of medicinal materials, and put forward the technical requirements, technical standards and management methods for the production, processing, identification and storage of medicinal materials, so as to promote the production of medicinal materials and ensure the quality of medicinal materials. Provide reliable medicinal material guarantee for medical treatment and medication. In the long-term development process, China Medical has accumulated rich knowledge about medicinal resources, collection, processing, identification, storage and application. On this basis, TCM syndrome differentiation not only inherits the traditional knowledge of TCM, but also absorbs the new theories and methods of modern research, maintaining the characteristics of TCM. It has become an independent discipline different from both clinical Chinese medicine and modern pharmacognosy, and has played an important role in promoting the modern research, production and development of Chinese herbal medicines.