Chrysanthemum in a Prominent Position of the Compendium of Materia Medica and Jin Shiyuan’s Modern Coping of Chrysanthemum

Abstract

This paper is to publicize Li Shizhen 's academic thought and medicine culture, inherit the technical experience of Jin Shiyuan 's dispensing technology, and then develop and improve of Chrysanthemum technology. In the analysis process, CNKI, Wanfang data, and the other authoritative databases were searched with “Chrysanthemum” “Li Shizhen” “Jin Shiyuan” as key words, meanwhile, “Shen Nong's Materia Medica”, “Compendium of Materia Medica”, “Curative Measures for All Diseases”, “Prescriptions for Universal Relief”, and related ancient books were accessed systematically to summarize the historical change of processing methods of Chrysanthemum. Through the collation of research knew that “Compendium of Materia Medica” carries out detailed records on the chrysanthemum historical origin, its dispensing processing methods, its clinical application and other aspects. Chrysanthemum was first recorded in the Ancient books - “Shen Nong's Materia Medica”. Li Shizhen attached great importance to the clinical application of different types of chrysanthemum. Professor Jin Shiyuan emphasizes the clinical dispensing technology of chrysanthemum, including its place of origin, its nature identification technology, harvesting and processing technology, clinical processing technology, and packaging and transported technology. And with his proficient knowledge structure in medicine inherit Li Shizhen's academic thought of pharmacy and develop the clinical application of chrysanthemum technology to provide a more scientific theoretical support for the clinical application of Chrysanthemum.