title: [A review of development of pharmacognosy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To Review the development of pharmacognosy in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on relevant materials.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The characteristics of the development of pharmacognosy in China have been summarized.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With the passage of time, the science of pharmacognosy will take up a new scientific connotation and enter a new developing stage which may be called "The Period of Natural Pharmacognosy".
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.
authors.forename: L Q
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: R X
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D010598:Pharmacognosy / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends