中药是中国特产,看似土生土长,其实,它也不断吸收外来“营养”。汉魏时期,曾从西域引进不少药物,在中药家族中,特意为这些新成员加上胡字作为标识,如胡桃、胡芦巴、胡萝卜等。南北朝以后,东南海路开通,又从海上传入许多药物,这些新品种都是“海”字辈兄弟,如:海枣、海棠、海桐皮等。宋、元、明、清各个历史时期,从域外吸收而进入中药大家庭的就更多了。按时间先后而言,先引进的称“番”或“舶”,后引进的称“洋”,如番泻叶、舶乳香、洋姜、洋参等。中药经过加工制作,一般有丸、汤、散、 Traditional Chinese medicine is a specialty of China. It seems to be a native of China. In fact, it is constantly absorbing foreign “nutrition”. During the Han and Wei period, many drugs were imported from the Western Regions. In the family of Chinese medicine, these new members were specifically added to the characters of Hu, such as walnuts, fenugreek and carrots. After the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the southeast sea route was opened, and many drugs were introduced from the sea. These new varieties are all brothers of the “Hai” generation, such as date palms, jellyfish and Pittosporum chinensis. During the historical periods of the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, it was more absorbed from the outside of the region and into the Chinese medicine family. In chronological terms, the first introduced the “Fan” or “Ship”, after the introduction of the “foreign”, such as senna, ship frankincense, Yang Jiang, ginseng and so on. The traditional Chinese medicine is processed and produced, and generally has pills, soup, powder,