[Summarization of Chinese rhubarb recorded by the Westerners in China in the Ming and Qing dynasties].
The westerners in China in the Ming and Qing dynasties, such as travellers, missionaries, archaeologists and explorers etc., left many records of Chinese rhubarb, among which included botanical characteristics, rhubarb trade and the preparation method and usage of rhubarb. These records reflected the evolution of cognition on Chinese rhubarb of the Westerners in China as well as the constant in-depth cognition on Chinese rhubarb, and also reflected the situation of sino-foreign medical exchange from one angle. Sifting the records of Chinese rhubarb by the Westerners who came to China in the Ming and Qing dynasties will contribute to further relevant research on rhubarb as well as sino-foreign medical exchanges.
Lin
Ri-zhang
RZ
College of of Sociology and History, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
D000818:Animals; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000266:history; D012250:Rheum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000266:history*