世界上的每一种药物应该只有一个世界通用的名称,各国所用的药物亦应该只有一个本国文字的通用名称。据了解世界卫生组织对合成药物的世界通用名称已在拟订,并已陆续发表,对植物药材的命名方法也已有所讨论。至于各国文字的药物通用名称,一般是由各国药典进行规定的。鉴于中药材的名称目前存在着不少问题:往往一种药物名称代表数种不同动植 Each drug in the world should have only one world-wide name, and the drugs used in each country should have only one common name in their own language. It is understood that the World Health Organization’s generic names of synthetic drugs have been drafted and published one after another. Methods for naming botanicals have also been discussed. As for the generic name of the drugs in different countries, it is generally prescribed by the pharmacopoeias of various countries. In view of the current name of Chinese herbal medicine there are many problems: often a drug name on behalf of several different species of plants and animals