[Thinking of current situation about decreasing, abolishing and substitution of Chinese medicine species in Shanghanlun].
Currently, some Chinese medicine species in Shanghan Zabing Lun have been abolished or substituted, or the use frequency has decreased. In this article, the reason of these phenomenons has been analyzed. It might be connected with the intensive toxicity of the herb, deficiency of some valuable species and indefinite pharmacodynamic action mechanism. Even more, some species usage deviate from clinical ethics. Further more, the solution of the problem resulted by above phenomena was proposed. To propose solutions from successive dynasty documents, clinical therapeutic effect verification and pharmaceutical research, the enlargement of the use frequency for some species will come true. And some abolished species will be waken up to use in clinical. Those substituted herbs will be suitable for the practice better.
Ling
Yun
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Preclinical Medicine College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210046, China.
Zhou
Chunxiang
C
D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000592:standards* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000592:standards*
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal