Study on other measuring 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:
History, Ancient;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
history;
methods
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2008;33(18):2136-2139
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Besides the changes in weight measuring units, the other units also changed. "Larger and smaller liter" affected traditional Chinese medicine. Length measuring units was little used, and the irregular measuring units such as imitate units, quantity units, and assessing units remained in some extent. Because the regular measuring units gradually replaced the irregular ones, some doctors made investigates to the conversion of these measuring units.
