Pharmaceutical capital culture shines in China

The "drug capital" culture is gradually formed in the development process of Chinese medicine culture in China for more than 5000 years The four "drug capitals" in China are large-scale Chinese medicine markets formed by the vigorous development of Chinese medicine industry, which play an extremely important role in the development process of Chinese medicine The four "drug capitals" are Qizhou, Mazhou, Baiquan and Zhangshu The so-called "drug taste" refers to the effect of drugs in general here, and the exaggeration drugs have no effect without entering Qizhou, which shows that the pharmaceutical industry has a high evaluation of Qizhou drug market The ancient name of Anguo County in Hebei Province is Qizhou, known as "Yaozhou" As early as 1101 A.D., Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty established "Yaowang Temple" in the south of Anguo to commemorate Pitong, and held temple fair on Qingming Festival every year During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it has become the general hub of the distribution of medicinal materials in the whole country During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, pharmaceutical merchants began to form gangs During the temple fair, pharmaceutical merchants gathered all over the country The whole town of Qizhou was bustling and bustling Every day, merchants from all walks of life exchange tens of millions of Jin of medicinal materials, and the turnover amounts to tens of thousands of liang of silver It has become the exchange center of Chinese herbal medicines in all directions and the famous herbal medicine distribution market in the history of China After hundreds of years of production practice, Anguo has accumulated a complete set of experience in the processing and processing of medicinal materials There are many unique points Its "knife technique" is the top in the pharmaceutical industry For example, a areca can be cut into more than 100 pieces, and the pieces are even; "the cicada wing is clear in summer", the Pinellia of the same size as broad bean, the slice is thin like cicada wing, glittering, placed on the newspaper, through the slice, the text is clearly visible; "cloud deer antler", the slice is thin like silk, like a cloud piece, the entrance is instant; "pound system rhinoceros horn", use a special steel file row knife to pound rhinoceros horn into pole Flakes, like shavings Many medicinal materials are processed by special methods, and their efficacy is improved It is the collection of all kinds of medicinal materials and superb processing technology that wins the high praise of "medicine without medicine taste in Qizhou" Bozhou, known as the ancient capital of Shang Tang and the hometown of Wei Wu, has been a famous ancient medicine capital since ancient times Laozi, Cao Cao, Hua Tuo and other sages were born here Bozhou has unique phenological and geographical conditions Because of the legacy of Hua Tuo, a great doctor, many famous doctors, pharmacists, and the cultivation and processing of traditional Chinese medicine are superior Bozhou produces more than 130 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine, and Bozhou, the four famous medicine in Anhui Province, has two kinds Its white peony, chrysanthemum, aster, pollen and mulberry are famous at home and abroad Due to the booming trade in medicinal materials, there are many shops, shops, shops and shops on the 72nd Street of Bozhou The whole country is full of traditional Chinese medicine The market of medicine trade is very large There are four or five streets in the city specializing in medicine So at that time, there was a saying that "come to Bozhou City and see all the medicines in the world" Spring flowers bloom to Baiquan, less than Baiquan medicine incomplete Baiquan is located in the north of Hebei Province, the south foot of Sumen mountain in the northwest of Huixian county As early as the Sui Dynasty, "Weiyuan Temple" was built on the North Bank of Baiquan mountain Every year, on April 8 of the lunar calendar, the birthday of Sakyamuni Buddha is commemorated here In the eighth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (A.D 1375), the Baiquan medicinal materials conference was officially formed by borrowing the ancient temple fair to trade medicinal materials In Huixian county annals, 15 years of Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty, it is recorded that "Baiquan, starting on the first day of April and ending on the tenth day of the first day of the first year of the first year of the first year of the first year of the first year of the first year of the first year of the first year of the first year of the first year of the second year of the second year of the Qing It can be seen that merchants come here to exchange the prosperity of medicinal materials According to the statistics of 1931, 623 shops in 42 counties of 6 provinces and cities, including Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Beijing and Anhui, were involved in the Baiquan medicinal materials conference, and they were engaged in the South products, i.e the medicinal materials produced in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Huguang; the mountain products, i.e the medicinal materials produced in Henan, Shanxi and Taihang Mountains; and the "four Huai drugs", i.e rehmannia, Achyranthes bidentata, chrysanthemum and yam, produced in Huaiqing Prefecture, There are about 200 kinds The scenic Baiquan also attracted people from all over the world to visit during the conference When the number of people in the conference was the largest, it reached 100000 Therefore, the saying of "spring flowers bloom to Baiquan, less than Baiquan medicine is incomplete" came into being Zhangshu town in Jiangxi relies on the geographical transportation advantage of "eight provincial thoroughfares" With a large number of drug merchants and a prosperous pharmaceutical industry, it is a famous "Jiangnan pharmaceutical capital" both at home and abroad As camphor trees gather in various places, camphor trees' self-produced herbs also shine with them For example, camphor tree trifoliate orange is listed as a tribute in the Imperial Palace because of its excellent quality Camphor tree medicine is called "the combination of southeast and Northwest China, the five natures of sweetness, bitterness, bitterness, saltiness and acid are all in one's possession At the same time, camphor pharmaceutical industry has unique technology and characteristics in the identification and processing of medicinal materials There are many kinds of cut pieces, with moderate thickness and strong practicability There are "Pinellia fish scales, Cortex Phellodendri, Magnolia fingernails, cinnamon belly, Ramulus Cinnamomi seeds, licorice willow leaves" and so on Technically, we should pay attention to "white peony flies to the sky, tuckahoe disappears, Chuanxiong butterfly double flying tablets, and ophiopogon triple blades into spoon slices" Therefore, it has won the reputation of "medicine is not good for camphor trees, but not for camphor trees".