CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA
Development of the Materia Medica Beginning with eating plants and animalsPrescription for Fifty-Two Ailments 215 B.C. (Wu Shi ErBing Fang)Discovered in 1973 from the Ma Wang Dui Tomb (Chinesecinnamon, magnolia flower bud(xinyi), sour date kernel, ginger,gaoben, peilan, huajiao,300 formulae and 247 drugs, one third are derived from mineralor animal sourcesEarly Development Empirical Medicine Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine (100/200B.C.-200A.D. ) (Huang Di Nei Jing) 13 formulas, 28 drugsDivine Husbandman’s Classic of Materia Medica Late Handynasty, (Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing), 365 drugs, theearliest book of materia medica . 200 B.C.Treatise on Febrile Diseases Caused by Cold, 113 formulaswhile Jin Gui has 245 formulas (Shang Han Lun)1
Introduction to the history of Chineseherbology Tang Materia Medica (tang ben cao, 844herbs, illustrated, the earliest encyclopedia ofmateria medica . 659A.D.:Ming dynasty: Grand Materia Medica (Bencao gang mu) by Li Shi Zhen (1518 1593),1892 herbs, 11,000 formulasEncyclopedia of Traditional Chinese MedicinalSubstances (Zhong Yao Da Ci Dian)2
Li Shizhen- Grand materia medica-(Ben Cao Gang Mu) (The Compendiumof Materia Medica).Li Shizhen was one of the greatest physiciansand pharmacologists in Chinese history3
Li ShizhenBen Cao Gang Mu (The Compendium of Materia Medica). His major contribution to medicine was his 27year research, the results of which are foundin his epic book, Ben Cao Gang Mu (TheCompendium of Materia Medica). He is also considered to be the greatestnaturalist of China, and was very interested inthe proper classification of herb components.4
Li ShizhenBen Cao Gang Mu (The Compendium of Materia Medica). The book has details about more than1,800 herbs (Chinese Medicine), including1,100 illustrations and 11,000 prescriptions. The classic also described the type, form,flavor, nature and application in diseasetreatments of 1,094 herbs.5
Types of Materia Medica Botanical Whole plant (cao): Flower (hua): Leaf (ye): Fruit (guo): Stem (Jing, teng): Twig (Zhi): Radix (gen): Cortex or Bark (pi): Seeds (zi or ren):Zoological Insects (chong): animal :Mineral :6
Types of Materia Medica Whole plant (cao)Yi Mu Cao7
Types of Materia MedicaBotanicalFlower 花 Jin yin hua (honeysuckle flower), Ju hua: (chrysanthemum flower), Meigui hua (Rosebud, bud of Chinese rose)8
Types of Materia MedicaLeaf (Ye, 叶) Sang ye (White mulberry leaf), Da qing ye (Isatis leaf, dyers woad leaf)9
Types of Materia MedicaFruit (guo, 果) Long yan rou (longan)10
Types of Materia MedicaStem (jing 茎,teng藤) Ma huang (Ephedra stem)11
Types of Materia MedicaTwig (zhi, 枝) - is a small thin terminal branch of awoody plant Gui zhi (Cinnamon twig, cassia twig), Sang zhi(White mulberry twig)12
Types of Materia MedicaRadix (gen, 根) Ren shen (ginseng)13
Types of Materia MedicaRadix Ban lan gen (Isatis root, woad root)14
Types of Materia MedicaCortex or Bark (pi 皮) Rou gui (Cinnamon bark)15
Types of Materia MedicaSeeds (zi 子or ren仁) Wang bu liu xing (Vaccaria seeds)16
Types of Materia MedicaSeeds Suan zao ren (Sour jujube seed)17
Types of Materia MedicaZoological Insects: Chan tui (cicada molting)18
Types of Materia MedicaZoological Animal: Lu rong (deerhorn)19
Types of Materia MedicaMineral Ci shi (Magnetite)20
Types of Materia MedicaMineral Shi gao (Gypsum)21
Properties of Materia Medica1.2.3.4.TasteTemperature characteristicsFunctionsApplication22
Five tastes Pungent (acrid): Pungent herbs function to disperse, promote flow ofqi and blood, ma huang, bo he, mu xiang, hong huaSweet: Sweet herbs function to tonify, harmonize the middle jiao andrelax spasm and emergencies, dang shen, gan cao, yi tangSour: S
B.C.-200A.D. ) (Huang Di Nei Jing) 13 formulas, 28 drugs Divine Husbandman’s Classic of Materia Medica Late Han dynasty, (Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing), 365 drugs, the earliest book of materia medica . 200 B.C. Treatise on Febrile Diseases Caused by Cold, 113 formulas while
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