From Vegetation To Herbs

Gansu is rich in various Chinese herbs in Qing dynasty,For instangce, Angelica sinensis, Lycium chinense, Cistanche Herba and Cynomorlaceae. The four Chinese herbs grow in different parts of Gansu,have their special environment. Angelica sinensis grow in the mountainous areas where is cold and wet, Lycium chinenseh by different species have different habitat,Cistanche Herba and Cynomorlaceae are the desert regional plant.In Qing dynasty,they were kinds of opinion about Chinese herbs.Although,Gansu always has its unique environment,but the exclusive status of Chinese herbs not always belong to,they have their own characteristic.Gansu Angelica sinensis in Qing dynasty,besides the cold and wet environment,the way that local people used to production and process for Angelica sinensis is also an important factor. Although Angelica sinensis is a kind of cheap Chinese herbs,but for the cold and wet mountainous area,it is a important source for native’s livelihood. Gansu Lycium chinense at the latest in Qing dynasty, the Daodi area status is replace by Ningxia Lycium chinense both name and reality,the way of production change is one of the important factor contributing to this change.The chorography of Gansu and Ningxia in Qing dynasty has clearly show the large change, at the same time,the medica books almost indifferent to the change,the conventionality and hysteresis also appeared in this.The medica book that records of Cistanche Herba and Cynomorlaceae were write by the people who were not the native of the producing area.The two records about Chinese herbs characteristic are chorography and other kinds of book,were big different between local "real" and others producing area "imagine",interact with each other,also proved the conventionality and hyteresis of medica record,and reflected the thick concept of Fangtu.Four kinds of Chinese herbs has their own change way,from wildness plant,living goods,to the better medicine for patient eventually.Chinese herbs itself experience the series changes,also profoundly reflected the medica knowledge in Qing dynasty,especially beneficial to clarity the way that how the herbalism development in local level.Doctor recognition of Chinese herbs is not the only expression, other prople’s thinking also is the effective ingredient.