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Review
. 2018 Nov;43(21):4177-4181.
doi: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.2018.0109.

[Generalized science of Chinese material medica-from preventive treatment of disease to Chinese medicine health industry]

[Article in Chinese]
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[Generalized science of Chinese material medica-from preventive treatment of disease to Chinese medicine health industry]

[Article in Chinese]
Jun-Ning Zhao et al. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2018 Nov.

Abstract

Based on the systematic summary of the results of the fourth general survey of traditional Chinese medicine resources, the cultivation of large varieties of Chinese material medica and the latest research on health industrial development, the novel concepts and scientific connotations of generalized science of Chinese material medica are put forward, and the basic ideas and methods of a new Chinese medicine academic system, the cultivation system of large varieties of Chinese medicinal materials and the application system of the large health industry are constructed. This kind of generalized science of Chinese material medica, rooted in the traditional Chinese culture and the theory of "preventive treatment of disease", can avoid the narrow prospect induced by the increasing specialization and refinement of knowledge of science of Chinese material medica. It will play an important role in the modernization, industrialization, internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine.

Keywords: generalized science of Chinese material medica; health industry of traditional Chinese medicine; large variety of Chinese medicinal materials; preventive treatment of disease; science of Chinese material medica.

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