指中药和草药而言。“草药”一词狭义的理解系指地区性使用的民间药,往往不像常用中药有商品在全国销售、使用。但是现在所称“草药”在古代本草中大多都已有记载,与常用中药无法载然分开,有的中药即草药,如:车前草、夏枯草、蒲公英等。因此中药一词完全应该包括草药。至于“本草”是因所收载的药物中以 Refers to herbs and herbs. The narrow sense of the word “herbal medicine” refers to the folk medicines used in the region, and it is often not sold or used in the country as commonly used traditional Chinese medicines. However, what is now called “herbal medicine” has been described in most ancient Chinese herbal medicines. It cannot be separated from commonly used traditional Chinese medicines. Some traditional Chinese medicines are herbs, such as plantain, Prunella vulgaris, and dandelion. Therefore, the term Chinese medicine should entirely include herbs. As for “Herbal” is due to the contained drugs