Historia scientiarum : international journal of the History of Science Society of Japan最新文献

Since 1999, progress has been made, to varying degrees, in numerous areas of medical history research in China including history of TCM, history of western medicine, history of integrated Chinese and western medicine, history of traditional medicine of Chinese minorities, history of medicine of foreign countries, history of medical exchanges between China and other countries, and history of comparative medical history. Among others, the number of articles on history of diseases, history of specific medical disciplines, modern medical history, medical biographies, medical works, contemporary medical history, and history of medical culture has increased dramatically. In the field of history of diseases, the papers deal with diseases in gynecology and obstetrics, plague, lanhousha (scarlet fever), and nephritis; articles in the field of specific disciplines deal with history of acu-moxibustion, history of prescription-forms, and history of gynecology, endoscopic surgery, and evidence-based medicine. There are even distinguished papers appeared in these aspects. In the aspect of modern medical history, there are papers dealing with the developement of TCM, the introduction of western medicine into China, with some specific researches in these fields. Medical biographies include Tan Yun-xian, Quan Shao-qing, Du Chong-ming etc. Papers on medical works deal with the ancient unearthed literature lost yet spread and extant abroad, medical classics, canons on material medica, cold-pathogenic diseases, and formularies. While papers on history of medical culture discuss basically the influence of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and I-discipline on Chinese medicine. During these five years, 300 original articles have been published in The Chinese journal of Medical History, with another 200 papers published in other Chinese journals. Forty monographs have been published and important ones are A General History of Chinese Medicine, Modern history of TCM, The Historical Development of Acupuncture, A General History of Tiberan Medicine. For the coming years, the stress points should be laid on the research on history of diseases, history of specific medical disciplines, and some specific academic topics. In addition, the weak points in the research fields of theoretical problems in studies of medical history, history of traditional medicine of Chinese minorities, medical history of communication between China and foreign countries, comparative study on medical history, and the study on history of medical also be strengthened continually. In the five years since 1999, progress has been made, more or less, in the research works in medical history in China, including history of TCM, history of western medicine, history of integrated Chinese and western medicine, history of traditional medicine of Chinese minorities, history of medicine of foreign countries, history of medical exchanges between China and other countries, and history of comparative medical histo

In the traditional medicine of the East, a prescription to cure diseases consisted of plural sorts of active natural products. Every article of those products has native features respectively, but each article was supposed to carry out fixed roles in the prescription. An article contains generally some sorts of active compounds, therefore it could be able to divide the role from the chemical, medicinal natures of those compounds. For example two groups of articles could be able to list up, each of which was supposed to carry out the proper role in various prescriptions. G. I. Articles were expected to adjust the whole of a prescription, to aid other articles on the induction of them in the inner part and on the removal of waste materials, with their mild, innocuous (or fragrant) natures GUI, JIAO, JIANG, GANCAO, RENCAN, GEGEN, YUANZHI. G. II. Articles were expected to carry out the leading role for cure even on serious diseases, to act on the cause of illness actively, and to remove the harmful product due to diseases, with their strong physical operations WUTOU , LANGDANG, DAHUANG, BADOU, SHEXIANG, SHAOYAO, MAHUANG. The conclusion - many compounds in those articles have physiological and medicinal effects for human body originated in their molecular structures, and these facts could endorse above expectations.