Exploration on the Historical Development of Early Classical Prescription Medicine Based on Bamboo and Silk Medical Texts from the Pre-Qin to Han Dynasties

This paper provides a comprehensive introduction to the bamboo and silk medical texts unearthed before the Eastern Han Dynasty. The medical prescriptions in the classical literature from the Pre-Qin to Qin periods were mostly single prescriptions or prescriptions composed of 2~3 herbs, mixed with a certain amount of witchcraft prescriptions. The literature system of classical prescriptions in the early Western Han Dynasty was relatively complete, and the compatibility of prescriptions was complex; in the middle and late period of the Western Han Dynasty, there were abundant contents and numerous prescriptions in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. During this period, when the attendant physician Li Zhuguo was correcting the prescription techniques, he creatively proposed the name "Jing Fang". However, the overall number of excavated Eastern Han Dynasty classics is relatively small, making it difficult to comprehensively investigate the development and changes of traditional Chinese medicine in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The traditional Chinese medicine of the Qin and Han dynasties showed different characteristics at different times, indicating that the traditional Chinese medicine of the Qin and Han dynasties has been constantly developing and innovating. It is precisely this spirit of development and innovation that has enabled traditional Chinese medicine to endure for thousands of years without decline.