title: Medical parasitology in China: an historical perspective.
abstract: Traditional Chinese anthelmintics prove to be interesting because social, political, cultural, psychological and philosophical factors could affect them. A review of the ideas on the origin of parasitic infection and the historical development of medical parasitology in China is attempted to aid in the elucidation of the rationale of traditional Chinese anthelminthic treatment.
mesh_terms: D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000266:history; D002681:China; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous; D049690:History, Ancient; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D010274:Parasitology / Q000266:history*; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics