小引吾国三四千年前,已有神农喀百草的传说。虽然种农本草经据医史学家的考证,可能是第一到第二世纪左右假借神农之名编成的书,但是至少这已是公元第二世纪以的治病用药经验的总集。据现代科学研究证明,此书所记载的药效。十九都是确实的。因此,药学的起源,当推我国为最早。可是,一直到现在,我们还未能把这份宝贵的遗产,加以很好的研究。过去,我们曾盲目地、唯心地崇拜帝圃主义的西洋药学,而忽视了我们祖先用智能劳动听发现和创造的伟大遗产。虽然,过去帝国主义者孤立地在协和、南满等研究了一部份的中药,可是都怀有文化或经济侵略的野心。自从解放以后,由于党及政府的正确领导,正在大力开展中药的研究工作,并且必须结合水草学上的知 Three thousand or four thousand years ago, there was a legend of Shennong Jiabaicao. Although it was possible for the herbalists to produce books based on historians’ histories, it may have been compiled in the name of Shennong from the first to the second centuries, but at least this is the epitome of healing and drug use in the second century AD. According to modern scientific research, the efficacy of this book is described. Nineteen are all true. Therefore, the origin of pharmacy, when pushing China is the earliest. However, until now, we have not been able to study this valuable legacy well. In the past, we have blindly and ardently worshiped the western pharmacy of the imperialism, while ignoring the great heritage that our ancestors discovered and created with intelligent labor. Although, in the past, the imperialists independently studied a part of Chinese medicine in Concord, Nanmang, etc., they all harbored ambitions of cultural or economic aggression. Since the liberation, due to the correct leadership of the party and the government, the research work on traditional Chinese medicine is being vigorously carried out and must be combined with the knowledge of aquatic plants.