Research On Local Officials Pharmacy In Song Dynasty

The two song emperors were very concerned about the development of medicine.By the end of the northern song dynasty,a relatively perfect local medical security system had been formed in the northern song dynasty.However,Medical resources in the hands of the government and medical popularization were limited in the song dynasty,and there were still many deficiencies relative to the vast land area,and the uneven spatial distribution of medical resources was also very serious.The establishment and promotion of the bureau played a significant role in making up for the deficiencies of the previous medical system.The construction of the official medicine bureau started during the reign of emperor shenzong in the northern song dynasty,and extended to the whole country in the second year of chongning(1103)of emperor huizong in the song dynasty.In the third year of daguan(1109),it was abolished and rebuilt until the third year of xuanhe(1121).In the sixth year(1136)of shaoxing in the southern song dynasty(gaozong),shaoxing was rebuilt and further developed.Two song under central and officials at various levels of attention,a lot of places to actively create official pharmacies,around different economic development level,but the degree of the local officials to medicine and health care value of factors,most local magistrate medicine cannot fully implement the central about construction bureau of the decree,to establish an early time is late,around also have different way to create and scale;The operation and management mode of the local drug administration,which is led by the central government,is relatively simple,while the other local drug administrations,which are led by local officials,are more flexible in terms of personnel setting and specific operation due to fewer special regulations.As a pharmaceutical administration organization with both the functions of medical security and market management,it was controversial in the operation process because it paid too much attention to the profit effect in the early stage.In the later period,due to the mismanagement,corruption of the officials became rampant,which seriously affected the normal function of the bureau.On the whole,however,the official pharmaceutical administration of the song dynasty still had a quite positive influence on the social medical treatment in the song dynasty.In particular,the construction and promotion of the local official pharmaceutical administration objectively reduced the medical cost of ordinary people everywhere,improved the local medical and health conditions,and also had a positive influence on the change of local medical ethos.