title: [Bo tuo, a study on the reasons of its denomination].
abstract: Research is made on the reasons of Bo tuo's denomination by studying its got - up method and the evolution of these two characters' font, in order to get a more rational commentary. Discussion is made on each variant forms of Bo tu, so as to explain the reasons of the variation.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Department, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004035:Diet Therapy / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*; D009626:Terminology as Topic