我国是东亚的本草学策源地,亦是世界上本草学最早发生的国家之一,从《神农本草经》成书,流传以来,至少有二千年以上的历史,源远流长,实为世界各国所罕见。通过历代本草学家不断的总结,继《神农本草经》之后而作的,无论出于国家主持,或者私人独立修编,沿着《神农本草经》的体系,写成药典性质的书,不下六、七种之多,而流传到今天的,计有:(一) 《神农本草经》,原书已佚,现时所见的祗是明、清人与日本人的辑本;(二)《新修本草》(亦称<唐本草>);(三)《经史证类备急本草》(简称<证类本草>);(四)《本草品汇精要》;(五)《本草纲目》。第一种来历不明,但可断言,不是出于国 China is one of the origins of herbal medicine in East Asia and one of the earliest countries in the world to learn about herbal medicine. Since its publication in the Shennong Materia Medica, at least 2,000 years of history has a long history and it is rare in all countries in the world. Through the continuous summarization of ancient herbalists, following the “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica” after the book, whether for the state presided over, or private independent revision, along the “Shen Nong’s Herbal Classic” system, written pharmacopoeial books, no less than six, There are seven kinds of books that spread to today, including: (a) “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica”, the original book has been lost, now the only see is the Ming, Qing and Japanese series; (B) (“Materia Medica Materia Medica”); “Materia Medica” (also known as “Tang Materia Medica”); ". The first is unknown, but it can be asserted that it is not out of the country