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Study on the difference between Shennong's drug nature quoted by Wu Puu and by Shennong's drug in material medical in classified syndromes (Zheng). 1998

Z Shang

Yijishan Hospital, Wuhu, Anhui, Wuhu.

Several questions were mentioned through the analysis and comparison of "Shennong's drug nature" (DN) as quoted by Wu Pu's Meteria Madica (WP) and Materia Medica of Classified Syndrome (Zheng) (ZL). These include: (1) The DN in ZL are incomplete, the "toxic nontoxic" terms were absent here; (2) There were different editions of ancient "Shennong's Canon of Materia Medica", carrying different numbers of drugs, including 365 kinds, 595, 441, 319 kinds respectively; (3) some of the drugs indicated as DN were, strangely, indicated as "drugs of supplemented Records" in ZL.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008419	Materia Medica	Materials or substances used in the composition of traditional medical remedies. The use of this term in MeSH was formerly restricted to historical articles or those concerned with traditional medicine, but it can also refer to homeopathic remedies. Nosodes are specific types of homeopathic remedies prepared from causal agents or disease products.	Homeopathic Remedies,Nosodes,Medica, Materia,Remedies, Homeopathic
D010598	Pharmacognosy	The science of drugs prepared from natural-sources including preparations from PLANTS, animals, and other organisms as well as MINERALS and other substances included in MATERIA MEDICA. The therapeutic usage of plants is PHYTOTHERAPY.	Pharmacognosies
D002681	China	A country spanning from central Asia to the Pacific Ocean.	Inner Mongolia,Manchuria,People's Republic of China,Sinkiang,Mainland China
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D049690	History, Ancient	The period of history before 500 of the common era.	Ancient History,Ancient History (Medicine),Ancient History of Medicine,History of Medicine, Ancient,Medicine, Ancient History,Ancient Histories (Medicine),Ancient History Medicine,Ancient History Medicines,Histories, Ancient (Medicine),History Medicine, Ancient,History Medicines, Ancient,History, Ancient (Medicine),Medicine Ancient History,Medicines, Ancient History