Research On The Medicinal Ingredients Procurement Of Ming Dynasty Imperial Hospital

As one of the most important administrative machineries,the Ming Dynasty imperial hospital was in charge of all the medical affairs and played a central role in the medical treatment system of the entire country.With the influence of centralized thoughts,this administrative machinery had formed a kind of medical management system that under the leadership of the imperial hospital,all the medical institutions cooperated with each other from the top down.Besides,the Ming Dynasty imperial hospital was responsible not only for the court medical service,but for the cooperation among various medical institutions as well as the assistance of medical service such as disease treatment in each institution.The Ming Dynasty imperial hospital had a direct demand for the medicinal ingredients,and the medicinal ingredients procurement was its primary duty.The procurement of the medicinal ingredients in Ming Dynasty involved every aspect of life,making the investigation of the process an important window to understand the life in the society.This essay focuses on the medical institutions setting,the procurement channels,species,expenditure,consumption of the medicinal ingredients and the impact from the Ming society on medicinal ingredients,which mainly discusses the relation between medical institutions and medicinal ingredients and analyzes the medicinal materials procurement and the relevant operation.It aims to make a contribution to the research on Ming Dynasty imperial hospital and provide some reference for today's medical and health problems.