药材分类
Classification of medicinal materials
由于历史文化、地理环境和社会发展水平不同等多种原因，各地区的中药资源开发利用程度和应用范围存在着很大的差异，形成了具有不同内涵、相对独立又相互联系的三个部分，即中药材、民间药和民族药。对于这些宝贵资源的开发与有效利用，己有悠久的历史，也是中国医药学发展的物质基础。几千年来，以之作为防治疾病的主要武器，对保障人民健康和民族繁衍起着不可忽视的作用。
Due to various reasons such as historical culture, geographical environment and social development level, there are great differences in the development and utilization of traditional Chinese medicine resources in various regions, which have formed three parts with different connotation, relative independence and interrelation, that is, Chinese medicinal materials, people's medicine and national medicine. The development and effective utilization of these valuable resources have a long history and are also the material basis for the development of Chinese medicine. For thousands of years, it has been a major weapon in the prevention and cure of diseases. It plays an important role in safeguarding people's health and national reproduction.
这些药物中，植物性药材占大多数，使用也更普遍，所以古来相沿药学叫做“本草学”。
Among them, botanical medicinal materials account for the majority and use more widely.