Study on weight units of chinese medicine in Sui and Tang dynasties.
- Author:
Rui-xian ZHANG
1
;
Qin LU
;
Wei ZHANG
;
Mu-qun ZHANG
Author Information
1. China Institute of Chinese Material Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medicinal Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. zhang_ruixian@sohu.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
China;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
chemistry;
standards;
History, Ancient;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
history;
standards;
Weights and Measures;
history;
standards
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2008;33(17):2201-2204
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Although there were changes in measuring system of Sui dynasty, the measuring units of medicine, astronomy and music still remained unchanged. So there appeared two systems of measuring units. For medicine, the government of Tang dynasty followed the regulations of Sui dynasty in measuring system. Besides this, the measuring units of Qian and Fen also were also related to medicine.
