Tang Shihuan, Yang Hongjun, Huang Luqi
Institute of Chinese Material Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2010 Jan;35(1):126-8. doi: 10.4268/cjcmm20100127.
Nature of Chinese materia medica is the nucleus in the theory of Chinese material medica, according to the recognition of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which is the character of the drug related on curative effect. Nature and efficacy of a drug is through the medical material, then, physical environment, including the temperature, humidity, atmospheric water, wind, topography, soil, micro-organism, and so on, influence the growth and development of the medical meterial. In this paper, we researched the explanation on nature of Chinese materia medica in the medical books of past dynasties, combined with the modem research, analyzed the relationship between generative reception and physical environmental factors, and discussed the effect of physical environmental factors on nature of Chinese materia medica. We indicated that the formation of Chinese materia medical nature is that the drug receptive the change of physical environmental factors, and resulted by the synthetic action of the factors, such as climate, soil, biology, topography, etc.
中药药性是中药理论的核心，按照中医的认识，它是药物与疗效相关的特性。药物的性质和功效是通过药材来体现的，而自然环境，包括温度、湿度、大气水分、风、地形、土壤、微生物等，会影响药材的生长发育。本文通过研究历代医书中对中药药性的阐释，并结合现代研究，分析了药材生长与自然环境因素的关系，探讨了自然环境因素对中药药性的影响。我们指出，中药药性的形成是药材感受自然环境因素变化，并在气候、土壤、生物、地形等因素综合作用下产生的结果。
