Pharmaceutical Sciences of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Author: Zhang Zhaowang
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This textbook is designed for undergraduate teaching in Traditional Chinese Medicine at higher medical colleges across the country. It consists of 190 teaching hours, with 108 hours dedicated to lectures and 82 hours to experiments and practical training. Additionally, a 4-week teaching internship is arranged. While adhering to the basic requirements and content of the teaching syllabus, the lecture hours, teaching methods, and sequence can be adjusted appropriately based on the specific unit. This textbook is included in the national planning for general higher education under the "11th Five-Year Plan," reflecting the development level of Traditional Chinese Medicine pharmacy in the early 21st century. The textbook has the following features:
1. In terms of its organizational structure, it emphasizes the connection between theoretical teaching and experimental teaching.
2. In content selection, it maintains the characteristics of the Traditional Chinese Medicine theoretical system, strengthening the integration of traditional knowledge with modern science and technology, theoretical knowledge of pharmacy with practical operation skills, and the inheritance of traditional pharmacy with the development of modern dosage forms. It fully reflects the new regulations, technologies, processes, equipment, and excipients in Traditional Chinese Medicine. This demonstrates the scientificity, timeliness, and applicability of the textbook.
3. Crushing, sieving, mixing, and granulation are listed as a separate chapter to reinforce unit operations.
4. The subject content is further defined to avoid unnecessary repetition with other disciplines.
5. It keeps pace with national regulations, making the textbook content more timely and applicable.
6. Some new pharmaceutical machinery and equipment diagrams are replaced and added.
7. It adheres to the principle of "less but better."
8. Each chapter begins with "Learning Objectives," generally divided into three levels: understanding, familiarization, and mastery, which serve as a guide for teaching.