The
literature of drug names is an important part of the
ancient medical literature. Originating from the Nan Dynasty, the literature of drug names was formed as a result of ancient people's using drug names as common words and was related to the progress of Chinese pharmacology and the poetic style of formalism. The literature of drug names in the Tang and Song Dynasties developed in three aspects. During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the creation of the drug names was combined with narration literature. The fact that the literature of drug names have passed down from
generation to generation has much to do with the fact that medical knowledge was possessed generally by the ancient litterateurs, who exhibited this knowledge with the literature of drug names. Another factor for the
passing down of the literature of drug
Names is the numerous names of Chinese drugs with cultural implications. We should not repudiate the literature of drug names simply because it somewhat resembles paronomasia.
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