Notes from Medicinal Plants class at Virginia Tech. This lecture was developed in collaboration with Dr. Chunlin Long of the Kunming Botanical Institute China and is part of a collaborative project funded by the office of International Agricultural Development at Virginia Tech.
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1 Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine
1. Traditional Chinese Medicinal
Plants: An Introduction
Chunlin Long
Kunming Institute of Botany,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
And
Central University for Nationalities
Virginia Tech, October 2008
2. Three Talks
I-Introduction. Monday, 13 Oct.
II-Chinese Medicinal Plant Resources for
Mouth Disorders. Wednesday, 15 Oct.
III-Herbs for Medicinal Baths among the
Yao Communities in China. Friday, 17 Oct.
12. What’s Traditional Chinese
Medicinal Plant (TCMP)?
TCMP: refers to medicinal plants under
guidance of Chinese medicinal theory
TCMP: Plant species (taxa), 11146 spp.
And 1581 animals and 80 minerals are
also used as medicine. In total: 12807 spp.
Mono-prescription, eg. Ginseng slice
Multi-prescription, eg. Compound salvia
tablet (including Salvia miltiorrhiza, Panax
notoginseng, and crystal sugar)
19. TCMP: Why Important?
Trade quantum: USD $40 billions/year
Population involved: over 1 billion
Countries/regions benefited: Japan, Korea,
SE Asia, Europe, and China
Demands in China: 600 million tons/year
Species number: 12807 spp.
Development history: over 4000 years
Management: an authority from central to
county level in China, Administrative of
Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine
53. Conclusions
TCMP, an important medicinal resource
TCMP/TCM, with its own nature/
philosophy (harmony and balance),
simple but systematic
TCMP, mostly in the forms of multi-
prescription/combination
Many TCMPs are also edible
TCMP, modernization by revealing its
chemicals and mechanisms
TCMP, for human health and welfare
54. Acknowledgements
Prof. Gregory Welbaum
My staff and students
Natural Science Foundation of China
(30170102)
Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan
Province (2001C0058M & 2005C0053M)
Ministry of Science & Technology of
China (2004DKA30430, 2005DKA21006)
Ministry of Education of China (CUN-
985-3-3, B08044)
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