Input History Of The Arab Hong Drug And Its Impact On Chinese Medicine

Arabic fragrant medicines have spreat to China as early as in Han dynasty, which was accompanied by nearly all of the growing process of Traditional Chinese Medicine and promoted the development of TCM. Doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine had seriously studied the experience of applying fragrant medicines to clinical work from Arabian, and carried on new search in practice. Extensive application of fragrant medicines in clinic is the outcome of studying each other between Chinese people and Arabian people, as well as a consequence of medical culture exchanging between the two countries. This article promulgated the spreading process of Arabic fragrant medicines and the important influence on Traditional Chinese Medicine from the following sections: 1. Through collecting and looking up the data and records concerning the spreading of Arabic fragrant medicines, arranged the spreading process and the concrete situations of Arabic fragrant medicines including its category, quantity, spreading channel, application and so on. 2. Studied and contrasted Arabic fragrant medicines and Chinese fragrant medicines, analyzed the difference of both sides in their source and efficacy. 3. Through looking up in detail documents about Chinese herbs, recipe and clinic sections of traditional Chinese medicine, concluded the conditions about record and application of Arabic fragrant medicines, definited its status and influence on traditional Chinese medicine, and had conclusions as following: Arabic fragrant medicines enriched the intention of traditional Chinese medicine, promoted the development of pharmacology of TCM formulae, evoked the blazing new trails of basic theory of TCM, supplied the new thoughts for clinic prescription. On the other hand, busing of Arabic fragrant medicines had brought reverse side influence. 4. Contrasted Moslem medicine and TCM with the method of contrasting medicine, analyzed the difference and relation between the two medical systems through studying the application of Arabic fragrant medicines in the two medical systems. Finally, by the study above, reveal the digesting and absorbing process of TCM from foreign medicine, summarize the open mind and successful experience of TCM when faced with the spreading of medicine of foreign origin, provided beneficial example for the future development of TCM.