Analysis and Suggestions for Parts of the Problem of"General Principles for Processing"in Chinese Phar-macopoeia / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for standardizing the names and definitions for the processing methods of"gener-al principles for processing"in reprinted Chinese Pharmacopoeia. METHODS:Comparing with the Processing of Chinese Mate-ria,Beijing Processing Specification for TCM Decoction Pieces,Shennong Bencaojing and National Processing Specification for Chinese Herbal Medicine,parts of the name and definition problems for processing methods of"general principles for processing"in Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2015 edition,Vol Ⅳ) were analyzed,and suggestions were put forward. RESULTS:The definitions of partial items in the"general principles for processing"in Chinese Pharmacopoeia remained to be normalized and operability re-mained to be improved. For example,the definitions of stir-frying,stir-frying with wine,stir-frying with vinegar,stir-frying with salt and stir-frying with honey were not accurate,so as the steaming. The name of the processing method under the term of decoc-tion pieces was not identified,there was deviation in the scope of crystallizing definition,and amount of pharmaceutic adjuvant was not worthy to be generalized. CONCLUSIONS:When generalizing and defining the processing methods for all TCM decoction pieces,Chinese Pharmacopoeia should give consideration to the popularity,accuracy and universality.

Current status, problems and countermeasures for properties theory of Chinese medicinal herbs / 中国中药杂志

This research has analyzed the current status, problems for the properties theory of Chinese medicinal herbs. Proposed that the Chinese medicine literature research is a foundation, the research of properties theory of Chinese medicinal herbs should under the'Chinese medicine theory instruction. It must use the modern scientific method to study and unify the Chinese medicine superiority, establish the standards and reveal the scientific essence of Chinese medicine property.

Suggestion on standardizing clinical standard of medicinal materials and cut crude drugs in Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2010 edition / 中国中药杂志

To better standardize clinical standard of medicinal materials and cut crude drugs in Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2010 edition, Volume I) and finish compiling work of relevant matching book named Clinical Guide to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, based on analyzing the problems in clinical standard of medicinal materials and cut crude drugs in Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2005 edition, Volume I), feasibly practicable revising suggestion of standardizing clinical standard of medicinal materials and cut crude drugs in Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2010 edition, Volume I) is proposed.

Characteristic theory of science of Tujia herbs and its differences from Chinese materia medica / 中华中医药杂志

The article emphasizes to expound the correlative characteristic theory of science of Tujia herbs from nation and district,concept and attribute of subject,medical foundament,basic theory(denomination feature,nature and class of herb),application(preparation,compatibility,contraindications,dosage,administration and pharmacotherapy) and so on,and analyzes the various objective existing differences between science of Tujia herbs and Chinese materia medica,reveals the mirror meaning between the two traditional materia medica systems,and defines the concept of "science of Tujia herbs" for the first time,then lets scholars recognize and understand the science of ethno-medicines of China more completely,and provids some study ideas for research on ethnic medicine.