By the Tang Dynasty, the number of drugs had increased to more than 1000, and the knowledge of drugs could basically meet the needs of general clinical application. The state once organized forces to investigate the source of drugs. On this basis, the New Materia Medica, also known as Tang Materia Medica, compiled and revised by the government during the reign of the Qing Dynasty (656-660), is the first pharmaceutical monograph with the nature of pharmacopoeia in the world. On the basis of the existing materia medica, 1 14 new folk medicines were screened out, bringing the number of medicines to 850. This pharmaceutical monograph has won the respect of Chinese and foreign medical workers for its more textual research on the basis of drugs and rich experience in clinical medication. More than 70 years later, Chen Zangqi collected 692 kinds of drugs that were not included in Tang Herbal Medicine and compiled them into Herbal Supplement. Taken together, the resources of traditional Chinese medicine developed and utilized in the Tang Dynasty have reached 1500.
The development of printing technology in Song Dynasty provided good conditions for the collation and dissemination of medical materials. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the state once again conducted a large-scale survey of drug resources, and established a medical compilation and publishing institution, the Correction Medical Books Bureau, and also established a state-owned pharmaceutical factory (Huimin Pharmaceutical Bureau) to produce Chinese patent medicines. In the past hundred years, the materia medica has been revised for three times, and a great deal of collation and summary have been made, supplemented by literature and medication experience, which has formed the climax of the revision of materia medica in history. The official representative works include Kaibao Materia Medica, Jiayou Materia Medica and Materia Medica Illustrated. In Song Dynasty, Tang Shenwei collected 554 kinds of drugs left over from Kaibao Materia Medica and Jiayou Materia Medica, supplemented 8 kinds of drugs, and compiled Classic Materia Medica for emergencies, referred to as Zheng Materia Medica. Up to now, the drug resources developed and utilized in ancient China have reached 1748, which greatly enriched the treasure house of traditional Chinese medicine.
During the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, on the basis of stabilizing and consolidating varieties, the development and utilization of traditional Chinese medicine resources focused on refining efficacy and inducing pharmacology. Its main contribution is to closely combine medical theory with specific drugs, forming a multi-level theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine, which has a far-reaching impact on future generations.
The Ming Dynasty was the heyday of the development and utilization of traditional Chinese medicine resources and herbal theory in the ancient history of China, especially in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. With the improvement of production level and the development of domestic and foreign markets, the commodity economy has developed greatly, and many famous books have appeared in the medical field. Compendium of Materia Medica contains 18 15 drugs, supplemented by 46 drugs, especially the words are concise and to the point. Color physical painting is famous all over the world. Herbal Medicine of Southern Yunnan contains 448 kinds of medicinal materials, which is a precious work to record the medicines in plateau areas (including ethnic medicines). The world-famous Compendium of Materia Medica contains 1892 kinds of drugs, which pushed the development and utilization of ancient Chinese medicine resources to a peak, summed up the experience of the development and utilization of Chinese medicine resources before the Ming Dynasty with profound connotations, improved the compilation skills and level of materia medica, and opened up a new situation for the development of Chinese medicine in later generations.
By the Qing Dynasty, the commodity economy had further developed, and there were not only many Chinese medicine shops and shops, but also a number of national distribution centers for medicinal materials. The output, transportation and marketing of Chinese herbal medicines have increased substantially, and the scope of development and utilization of Chinese herbal medicine resources has been further expanded and improved. Nearly 400 kinds of materia medica have been recorded and preserved, among which Compendium of Materia Medica and Textual Research on Plant Names and Facts are books with high academic value. The former contains 7 16 kinds of drugs not included in Compendium of Materia Medica; The latter contains 17 14 plants. Although it is called textual research on plant names, it is actually a valuable drug monograph. At the same time, the development and utilization of ethnic medicine in China has also been greatly developed. For example, Zhu Jing Materia Medica, compiled by Dumard Tenzin Pengcuo, a famous Tibetan medicine scientist, contains 2,294 kinds of drugs with strong Tibetan medicine characteristics, which is a classic in the history of Tibetan medicine in China.