[Study on weight units of chinese medicine in Sui and Tang dynasties].
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.
Zhang
Rui-xian
RX
China Institute of Chinese Material Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medicinal Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. zhang_ruixian@sohu.com
Lu
Qin
Q
Zhang
Wei
W
Zhang
Mu-qun
MQ
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