title: [Contention on the theory of processing techniques of Chinese materia medica in the Ming-Qing period].
abstract: On the basis of the golden stage of development of processing techniques of medicinals in the Song dynasty, the theory and techniques of processing in the Ming-Qing dynasties developed and accomplished further. The knowledge of some physicians on the processing of common medicinal, such as Radix rehmannia and Radixophiopogonis, was questioned, with new idea of processing methods put forward and argued against those insisting traditional ones, marking the progress of the art of processing. By reviewing the contention of technical theory of medicinal processing in the Ming-Qing period, useful references can be provided for the inheritance and development of the traditional art of processing medicinals.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dalian, 116600, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dalian, 116600, China.
authors.forename: Tianzhu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jia
mesh_terms: D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008419:Materia Medica / Q000266:history*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D008419:Materia Medica