Biomaterial Database

[Summarization of Chinese rhubarb recorded by the Westerners in China in the Ming and Qing dynasties]. 2010

Ri-zhang Lin

College of of Sociology and History, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350108, China.

The westerners in China in the Ming and Qing dynasties, such as travellers, missionaries, archaeologists and explorers etc., left many records of Chinese rhubarb, among which included botanical characteristics, rhubarb trade and the preparation method and usage of rhubarb. These records reflected the evolution of cognition on Chinese rhubarb of the Westerners in China as well as the constant in-depth cognition on Chinese rhubarb, and also reflected the situation of sino-foreign medical exchange from one angle. Sifting the records of Chinese rhubarb by the Westerners who came to China in the Ming and Qing dynasties will contribute to further relevant research on rhubarb as well as sino-foreign medical exchanges.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008517	Phytotherapy	Use of plants or herbs to treat diseases or to alleviate pain.	Herb Therapy,Herbal Therapy
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012250	Rheum	A plant genus of the family POLYGONACEAE. Members contain chrysophanic acid, rhein, EMODIN, and other ANTHRAQUINONES. The roots were formerly used as PURGATIVES.	Rhubarb,Chinese Rhubarb,Da Huang,Rheum officinale,Rheum rhaponticum,Rheum tanguticum,Huang, Da,Rhubarb, Chinese
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