1. CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICIINE
——CHINESE HERB
（Development）

2. Development in
Ancient Times

3. Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica
神农百草经
（SHEN NONG BAI CAO JING）
Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica
25BC-220BC
452BC-536BC
659BC

4. Compendium of Materia Medica
本草纲目
（BEN CAO GANG MU）
Compendium of Materia Medica
Li Shizhen
Ming Dynasty
10 years
52 volumes with 1892 medicinal herbs
over 1000 prescriptions and 1000 illustrations of medicinal items.

5. Development in
Modern Times

6. Almost be abolished……
16th century ,western medicine was introduced into China;
After 1894s, China lost the first sino-japanese war;
In 1910s, with a pestilence was raging in in the northeast of China
In 1912s, National Government didn’t add traditional medicine into medical course in university.

7. Almost be abolished……
In 1913s, traditional medicine teams in 19 regions petitioned to the government.
Important figures in the cultural field strongly opposed to traditional medicine, which had great impact on government.
1929 March 4th, government announced that the traditional medicine would be abolished.
1929 March 17th, the representative assembly of CTM in China was held;

8. Now…… Still many doubts about CTM Chinese government supports CTM
Scientize TCM
Combination of traditional Chinese and Western Medicine

9. Thank you 谢谢