title: [The characteristics of official and personal formulary in the Song dynasty].
abstract: The development of prescription books reached its peak in the Song dynasty. There were two kinds of the book: official and personal. The former was characterized by its abundant contents, authentication and rich set -- prescriptions, while the latter was characterized by paying attention to practices, conscience and careful classification in different special areas. The two types of formulary embody the sense of splendor stage in the Song dynasty from various viewpoints. So it is useful to the development of modern pharmacology of TCM by studying the two types of formularies.
authors.affiliation: Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230038.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D005569:Formularies as Topic / Q000266:history*; D049691:History, Medieval