Zheng X W, Chu S S, Yin M Z, Zhao Y J, Peng H S
School of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China.
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2022 Jan 28;52(1):41-47. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20210114-00010.
A total of 568 paintings of herbaceous plants and woody plants as medicine were involved in , accounting for 60% of the total drug illustrations and 76% of the botanical medicine paintings. These medicinal paintings can be classified into four types: original plant paintings, medicinal material paintings, plant and medicinal material paintings, and plant and their habitat paintings. The original plant paintings can be specifically divided into five sections: the whole plant paintings with roots, partial aerial part paintings with roots, plant paintings with ground lines, rootless plant paintings, and broken branch paintings. Among them, the drawings of " the broken branch paintings " and " the whole plant paintings with roots " are consistent with the basic principles of collecting plant specimens. Additionally, "the plant and medicinal material paintings " and "the medicinal material paintings "reflect that they were drawn based on the market survey of medicinal materials or collected medicinal materials specimens. These medicine painting demonstrate rich characteristics of medicinal plants and medicinal materials and a high artistic quality with realistic details.These paintings in echoes , combine the art of painting with the cognition ofnatural science, as the rudiment of early paintings of plant science.
共有568幅草本植物和木本植物入药的画作，占药物插图总数的60%，植物药画作的76%。这些药用画作可分为四种类型：原植物画作、药材画作、植物与药材画作、植物及其生境画作。原植物画作可具体分为五个部分：带根全株画作、带根部分地上部分画作、带基线植物画作、无根植物画作和断枝画作。其中，“断枝画作”和“带根全株画作”的绘图与采集植物标本的基本原则一致。此外，“植物与药材画作”和“药材画作”反映出它们是根据药材市场调查或采集的药材标本绘制的。这些药画展现了药用植物和药材丰富的特征以及具有逼真细节的高艺术品质。这些画作相互呼应，将绘画艺术与自然科学认知相结合，成为早期植物科学绘画的雏形。
