Theory Of Medicine In The Tang Dynasty Palace And Spreading Medicinal Material Consumption

With the feudal economy developing,pharmacies,existing in every county in the Tang Dynasty,developed in some markets where there was convenient traffic. Pharmacies managed by foreigners have appeared in the capital city—Chang’an and other big cities.Pharmacies in the Tang Dynasty were very prosperous, which had strong relations to the opinions of keeping fit and focused on medicines put by government, with the deepest reason—patients’demands.Managements of pharmacies were full of diversities:selling crude or ripe drugs, or both; wholesale or retailer; managing local or foreign drugs; managers from local or foreign countries.So was the trade:trading drugs with money、silk、gold and wood, sometimes even owed. So were the promotion and service:some focused on effects, other on reputation; some won reputation through helping poor and helpless people, other cheated. Pharmacies traded with government while being kept under strict control, Pharmacies paid taxes to the local government;on the other hand,Pharmacies were constrained by law in Tang Dynasty. Medicine materials were from home or foreign plants. Consumers included emperors and citizens,temples-abundance in capital and poor-owing.Documents discovered in Tulufan an estimation of Jiaohe Jun in the second year of Tianbao period demonstrated the prices, which depended on effects and rare levels by studying prices of the drugs, Measurements of drugs included Liang、XiaoLiang、 Ke、Mei, etc. which were used for different drugs.The medicine consumption of Tang Imperial Family included the medicine for Imperial Family themselves and that given to the ministers as awards. Analogized by other terms, medicine was used to cure illness, to achieve an immortal life, to improve their looks or kill competitors. Either treatment medicine or export lipid medicine was given as awards. In Tang Dynasty, medicine resources consisted tributes paid by provinces or foreign countries, purchase from pharmacy in China, or picking from great mountains. Taifu Si, a government-controlled institute was in charge of storing medicine and right and left reservoir agencies were places where medicine was deposited.The exact person in charge was the Cheng of the Taifu Si. The mechanisms which provided medicine service for Tang Imperial Family were Shangyao Ju of Dianzhong Sheng、Yaocang Ju of prince、Shangshi Ju of Neishi Sheng、Xiguan Ju of Neishi Sheng、Neiguansizhuan of prince、The medicine used by the emperor and the prince was managed under strict patterns and rules to guarantee its safety. Tributary medicine is the reflection of the trend of Tang Imperial Family medicine consumption, which by comparing traditional Chinese medicine records and by analyzing drug efficiency,it could be proved that the trend of drug consumption of Tang Imperial Family was basically the same as the reality。...