From Qin and Han Dynasties to Ming and Qing Dynasties, from germination to maturity, from spontaneity to system, Chinese medicinal tea has gone through a long road of development, and has become a major feature of the Chinese nation's disease prevention, treatment and health care.
Medicinal tea developed to the Ming and Qing Dynasties and even the period of the Republic of China, and has entered a relatively mature stage.
1. The development of traditional Chinese medicine health-preservation has promoted the maturity of medicinal tea.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the greatest achievement of traditional Chinese medicine was the establishment of the theory of febrile disease, which marked the maturity of the theory and technology of traditional Chinese medicine for preventing and treating plague.
Another major academic school in this period was the "Warm and Tonic School". The academic proposition of this school was mainly to warm the yang qi, and the representative physicians were Zhang Jingyue , Zhao Xianke and so on.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, a master in the field of traditional Chinese medicine and health preservation, he should push the famous Shanxi physician Fu Shan. It is precisely because Shanxi physicians represented by Fu Shan have inherited the core theories of classic Chinese medicine and learned from the experience and methods of physicians in other regions, they have promoted the development of Shanxi medicine and health care academics, and laid the foundation for the maturity of Shanxi medicinal tea .
The development achievements of Shanxi traditional Chinese medicine and health preservation culture can also be reflected through the grand occasion of the publication of medical books.
2. The development of traditional Chinese medicine preparation has supported the maturity of medicinal tea
Medicinal tea is the product of the fusion of tea and medicine, not only the raw material is the compatibility of tea and medicine, but also because many medicines need to go through pre-pharmaceutical processing, so medicine The development and growth of tea is closely related to the development of Chinese medicine and pharmaceutical industry.
Shanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine has a long history, and is widely known and far has an earlier history than Daningtang. It was organized during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty and became a well-known Shanxi Chinese Medicine Factory in the 1970s. It was restored during the reform and opening up A well-known ancient name.
Guangyuyuan not only specializes in pharmaceuticals, but also has unique skills in health products, which is also one of the important technical supports for the development of Shanxi medicinal tea.
3. The prosperity of medicinal tea trade has catalyzed the maturation of medicinal tea.
The rise and development of medicinal tea in Shanxi benefits not only from the abundant medicinal and medicinal tea resources in the Yellow River Basin around the Taihang Mountains, but also from the unique medicinal and medicinal tea resources in the north and south of the great river. Trade exchange of Yaoke tea resources.
It is precisely because of the prosperity of medicinal tea resource trade that Shanxi medicinal tea provides abundant raw materials.
Therefore, most of the raw materials used in Shanxi medicinal tea are mainly , authentic medicinal materials , which are mainly produced locally, and are reasonably compatible with authentic medicinal materials produced in other regions and an appropriate amount of original tea.
4. Wanli Tea Road 's development has witnessed the maturity of medicinal tea
Shanxi is not only the birthplace of medicinal tea, but also the main promoter of the spread of tea culture. In the business scope of Shanxi merchants, Chinese herbal medicines and tea have always been the main products, which have made Shanxi merchants prosperous for hundreds of years, and have been recorded in history as "the pioneers of Wanli Tea Road".
At that time, Shanxi merchants were active in the north and south of the motherland. In the clear period, they dominated the world with their business ability and became the first of the top ten business gangs in . On the Wanli Tea Road, the most legendary Shanxi merchant is the Yangloudong brick tea in Hubei.
Wanli Tea Road, opened by Shanxi merchants, is an important international trade channel. It starts from Wuyi Mountain in Fujian, and passes through Jiangxi , Hunan , Hubei , Henan , Shanxi, Hebei , Inner Mongolia , through Desert Gobi, through Kulun to the commercial port of Qaktu, the whole journey is about 5,000 kilometers, both by water and land.After reaching Russia , it extended westward to reach Novosibirsk , Moscow , St. Petersburg and other cities, and continued to expand to Central Asia and other European countries, the total length of tea road is more than 13,000 kilometers.
What is interesting is that Shanxi, which is not a traditional place for the tea industry in history, has emerged as a big tea merchant that dominates the world, composing the eternal legend of Wanli Tea Road.
————Excerpt from "Shanxi Herbal Tea"
