Standardization of names in prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicines.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20161222.038
- Author:
Chao-Feng LI
1
;
Yu-Jun ZHANG
1
;
Dong-He FAN
1
;
Meng-Jie ZHANG
1
;
Xue BAI
1
;
Wen-Hua YANG
1
;
Shu-Ya QI
1
;
Zhi-Jie ZHANG
2
;
Chun-Miao XUE
3
;
Liu-Ying MAO
3
;
Jun-Ling CAO
3
Author Information
1. School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
2. China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing 100700, China.
3. Pharmacy Department, Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
prescription of traditional Chinese medicine;
standard of name of drug in prescription;
traditional Chinese medicine
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2017;42(1):198-202
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Chinese medicine prescriptions are a type of medical documents written by doctors after they understand the patients' conditions for syndrome differentiation. Chinese medicine prescriptions are also the basis for pharmacy personnel to dispense medicines and guide patients to use drugs. It has the legal, technical and economic significances. Chinese medicine prescriptions contain such information of names, quantity and usage. Whether the names of drugs in Chinese medicine prescriptions are standardized or not is directly related to the safety and efficacy of the drugs. At present, nonstandard clinical prescriptions are frequently seen. With "Chinese medicine prescription", "names of drug in Chinese medicine prescription" and "standards of Chinese medicine prescription" as key words, the author searched CNKI, Wanfang and other databases, and consulted nearly 100 literatures, so as to summarize current names of drugs in traditional Chinese medicine prescription, analyze the reasons, and give suggestions, in the expectation of standardizing the names of drugs used in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions.
