title: [Study on measuring units of Chinese medicine in Song dynasties].
abstract: The original changes of the weight measuring unit of medicine in the Song dynasties was the appearance of Dengzi (small steelyard for weighing money). The "larger scale" and "smaller scale" were unified. The measuring unit "qian" was widely used, and furthermore "Cheng" and "zi" were used as measuring units related to medicine.
authors.affiliation: China Institute of Chinese Material Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. zhangyonglixiangl@yahoo.com.cn
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; D049691:History, Medieval; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods*