Medical culture about Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum and its maritime silk road

• Main Authors: Jing Tian, Zhenguo Wang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
• Series: Chinese Medicine and Culture
• Subjects: chen xiang (沉香 lignum aquilariae resinatum); maritime silk road; medical culture; su dongpo (苏东坡); qian jin fang (《千金方》 thousand golden prescription)
• Online Access: http://www.cmaconweb.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9627;year=2020;volume=3;issue=4;spage=220;epage=224;aulast=Tian

Initially, Chen Xiang (沉香 Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum) was exotic, but it has been playing an important role in the development of traditional Chinese culture and medicine. This article explores the reason for differences in the quality of ancient and modern Chen Xiang (沉香 Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum) by analyzing the essential factors including the prosperity and decline of Maritime Silk Road, the relocation of the producing area, and the process of aroma forming. Based on the development and application of Chen Xiang (沉香 Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum) in Chinese literature and art, traditional Chinese medicine, and folk life over the past 2000-odd years, this article puts contends that Chen Xiang (沉香 Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum), which is endowed with the connotation of Chinese culture and health, should assume its new role as the traditional Chinese medical and cultural carrier on the New Silk Road.