Medical Trend of Sun Simiao's Alchemy Thought
CHENG Jingyi
YANG Yiwang
LI Gan
Abstract：In Taoist beliefs,cultivating immortals is often based on the premise of eliminating diseases.Alchemy is a representative product of Taoist research on the immortal effect of drugs.Early golden pills had no medical effect,and there was also a clear boundary and hierarchical division between them and medicine.In the late Sui and early Tang dynasties,the function of Jindan began to differentiate,and some prescriptions gradually had therapeutic effects and became increasingly closely related to medicine.Sun Simiao,an alchemist and medicine expert,was a representative figure in promoting this process.Through sorting out the relevant discussions in his works,it is believed that Sun Simiao's alchemy thought is mainly based on Taoism,also has very obvious medical and pharmaceutical characteristics.While transforming the components and functions of the prescription into medicine,he invisibly introduced alchemy thought and technology into traditional Chinese medicine preparations,promoting the integration of alchemy and medicine,and laying the groundwork for the emergence of truly medical prescriptions in the Song dynasty.
Keywords：Sun SimiaoTaoismAlchemyResearch on external alchemyTraditional Chinese medicine preparations
Publication Date：2025-04-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 655-658 )