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化学是研究物质变化的学问。中药也是物质,在炮制上,治疗上,也有许多变化,所以和化学的关系非常密切。中国古代虽没“化学”这个名称,可是医药界的前辈们早已明白了物质变化的原则。例如神农本草经(这书当然不是神农氏自己编的,可是最晚也是前汉时代的书)上,说朴硝能化七十二种石;名医别录上说硝石能化七十二种石,皆是对的。朴硝是硝酸钠,
Chemistry is the study of material change. Chinese medicine is also a substance. There are many changes in the processing and treatment, so the relationship with chemistry is very close. Although there was no name for “chemistry” in ancient China, the predecessors of the medical community already understood the principle of material change. For example, Shen Nong’s Ben Cao Jing (this book is certainly not written by Shen Nong himself, but at the latest, it was also a book of the pre-Han era), said that Peng Nieneng could cure 72 kinds of stones; doctors did not record that the saltpeter could cure 72 kinds of stones. All are right. Pu-Nit is sodium nitrate,