[Causes for change in producing areas of geo-authentic herbs].
Geo-authentic herbs lay stress on their producing areas. The producing areas of most geo-authentic herbs have never changed since the ancient times. However, many other geo-authentic herbs have experienced significant changes in the long history. There are two main causes for the change in producing areas of herbs-change of natural environment and development of human society, which are restricted by each other and play a great role throughout the development process of geo-authentic herbs.
Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
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Liang
Jian
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Wei
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Zhang
Rui-Xian
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Zhang
D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000032:analysis*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005843:Geography; D006802:Human Activities; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D011786:Quality Control
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