The Function Of Medicine In Han And Tang Dynasties

Modern medical definition which is science knowledge system about the essence of life, the prevention and treatment of disease, and enhancing human health. So medicine’s main function is to cure disease and enhance human health. In Chinese ancient medicine system, the drug has diversity and mystery by the influences of witchcraft and religious. These drugs include thousands of parts, it contains the human body as the medicine and some special significance drugs. So the medicine not only have the treatment function. The immortals of medicine believe that to save patients is the secondary function, and the medicine’s main function is to enable people to prolong life, soaring into the immortal. In medically underserved ancient society, people have been affected by witchcraft and religious and it exaggerated the function of treatment can cure disease, which think it can make the dead come back to life in medicine. However in medical practice, doctors use various ways, such as the actual effect of medical treatment, medical exemption measures, tell the world that some diseases can not be cure and don not have too many expectations to the doctors. In the traditional view, medicine should not only have individual functions, but also contact with the path of salvation. The Chinese medical doctor pull back people who exaggerated myths and fairy tales. It has weaken the function of Medical Science can cure disease, while put the medicine to the temple, expanding the medical function from another way.In this paper, taking the period from Han to Tang medical function as the object of study. From the collection of a large amount of data on the basis of this period and analysis medical function from doctors’perspective. The innovation parts of this article is:from the ancient doctors in medical, analysis of this period medicine compare with modern medicine have different functions. I hope from the side of ancient medicine way to conclude that whether the ancient medicine can have a birth of modern medicine.The paper is mainly divided into three parts.The first part mainly discusses the relationship between medicine and sorcery, religion, focuses on both influences of the drug. Medicine is not only a herb medicine, it also has the special significance of drugs and other drugs. In addition, from the" live life extension" drugs, we can see the immortals of medicine under the main function is to help people to be immortal, those medicine that are able to save people’s life are worthless in their opinion. And the teachings of Buddhism and medicine seemingly contradictory both sides, just reflect that the Buddhism mend his ways to save people’s life as merit. That is to say Buddhist medicine still achieve its goal of medicine as a means, not really pay attention to medicine, which can be seen from the monks do not like medical treatment.The second part focuses on the problem that the medical person can make the dead come back to life or not. From the historical records, the outstanding medical person with ability is like to make the dead come back to life. However, doctors and conclusive medical exemption measures and on several aspects to tell people to another conclusion that has the disease don not need to be cured. If the dead come back to life, which is the patient’s destiny, the destiny don not ask you to die, rather than medical skill of a reason. Do not have unrealistic expectations of the doctor. A part of the doctor and patient in medical activities" for ten is not the five or six" actual effect, see" medicine is on the side without idea, ask guest to total peace." the medical condition, to the medical people exaggerate medical skill that has had relatively clear.The third part mainly talk about the relationship between medical people and medicine country. It discussed mainly about due to their interventional medicine makes the medicine function are another form of expansion. Chinese estate arisen, to the ancient Chinese medicine development all has the vital significance to the study of medicine. Because their self defense and self uplift, the medical status is lifted to and govern the country political tract were associated with the position, which put the medicine to river, is no longer the" smallest trail", in raising medical status but also raise the Chinese position.