避讳是中国古代特有的一种历史现象,它始于周,成于秦,盛行于两汉、隋唐,严于宋和清。由于避讳引起古典医籍的混乱,中药工作者在阅读古书时应加注意。例如,中药常山本名恒山,因避汉文帝刘恒之讳改为常山,薯蓣科的中药山药名薯蓣,初因避唐代宗李豫之讳(蓣、 Avoiding embarrassment is a historical phenomenon peculiar to ancient China. It began in Zhou Dynasty and became the Qin Dynasty. It prevailed in the two Han and Sui Tang and was stricter than Song Heqing. Due to the confusion caused by avoidance of classical Chinese medical books, Chinese medicine workers should pay attention when reading ancient books. For example, the traditional Chinese medicine of Changshan, whose real name is Hengshan, was changed to Changshan because of avoiding the Han Wendi Liu Hengzhi, and the name of the Chinese yam yams, Dioscoreae was originally avoided by the Tang Dynasty.