《新华本草纲要》(以下简称《纲要》),是由江苏省植物研究所、中国医学科学院药物研究所等编著,上海科学技术出版社出版的一部记录我国植物药的纲要性专著,全书共分为三册,收载我国有产各类药用植物约6000种,是我国有史以来记载植物药最多的药学文献。该书简明扼要,编排新颖,内容丰富,具有较高的参考价值。《纲要》编写突破了旧式以笔划、性味功用、药用部位等分类方法,而采用了植物进化的系统分类编排,这种编写体例不仅给读者一种全新的感觉,而且有利于读者全面了解和掌握我国植物药的资源、分布情况,对认识和研究同科、属药物,利用亲缘关系寻 The “Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica” (hereinafter referred to as the “Summary”) was compiled by the Jiangsu Institute of Botany and the Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and published by the Shanghai Science and Technology Press. It is a monograph designed to record the herbal medicine in China. Divided into three volumes, it contains about 6,000 kinds of medicinal plants in China. It is the most widely documented pharmaceutical literature in China. The book is concise, novel, rich in content and of high reference value. The “Outline” was written to break through the old methods of classification with strokes, sexual functions, medicinal parts, etc. The systematic classification of plant evolution was adopted. This preparation method not only gives the reader a new feeling, but also helps the reader to fully understand. To master and master the resources and distribution of botanical medicine in China, to understand and study the same family and drugs, and to use the genetic relationship to find out