title: [Two characteristics on the developmental history of art of prescription].
abstract: By recalling the history of art of prescription and summarizing its law of development, two apparent characteristics can be shown on its primitive accumulation and clinical treating thoughts. One is the trend of transformation from empirical formula to theoretical formula, and from the discrepancy between medical theories and medical prescriptions to their combination. The other one is from treatment based on differentiation of diseases to differentiation of symptoms and signs, and from correspondence of prescription and diseases to correspondence of prescription and syndrome. It is of realistic significance to further recognize the developmental characteristics of the art of prescription, not only for mastering the prescription rules and main points of matching of ingredients in compounding, but also on comprehending its scientific implication and mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029.
authors.forename: Jiawei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D049692:History, Early Modern 1451-1600; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*