title: [Study on weight units of chinese medicine in Sui and Tang dynasties].
abstract: Although there were changes in measuring system of Sui dynasty, the measuring units of medicine, astronomy and music still remained unchanged. So there appeared two systems of measuring units. For medicine, the government of Tang dynasty followed the regulations of Sui dynasty in measuring system. Besides this, the measuring units of Qian and Fen also were also related to medicine.
authors.affiliation: China Institute of Chinese Material Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medicinal Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. zhang_ruixian@sohu.com
authors.forename: Rui-xian
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Mu-qun
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000592:standards; D049690:History, Ancient; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards*; D014894:Weights and Measures / Q000266:history* / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal