Study on measuring units of Chinese medicine in Song 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 Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. zhangyonglixiangl@yahoo.com.cn
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
China;
History, Medieval;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
history;
methods
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2008;33(19):2277-2279
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The original changes of the weight measuring unit of medicine in the Song dynasties was the appearance of Dengzi (small steelyard for weighing money). The "larger scale" and "smaller scale" were unified. The measuring unit "qian" was widely used, and furthermore "Cheng" and "zi" were used as measuring units related to medicine.
