《神农本草经》、《唐本草》、《本草纲目》都是我国古代著名的医学著作 ,在中学历史教材中均有叙述。“本草”一词系中药的统称 ,最早见于东汉班固编写的《汉书·平帝纪》。该书载 ,公元5年(平帝元始五年) ,朝廷曾下令征集天下通晓天文、历算、中篇、小说、文术、本草、论语、考经等方面的人才 “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica”, “Tang Materia Medica” and “Compendium of Materia Medica” are well-known medical books in ancient China and are described in the history textbooks of middle schools. The term “Materia Medica” is the collective name for traditional Chinese medicine and was first discovered in the Han Dynasty in the Eastern Han Dynasty by Ban Gu. The book contains five years of AD (the first five years of the first year of Pingdi). The court had ordered the collection of talents in the world, such as astronomy, calendars, middle articles, novels, literature, herbal medicine, Analects of Confucius, and Bible studies.