History and prospect of tea medicine in China

dc.contributor.author	Yong-Xing, Z.H.U.
dc.date.accessioned	2008-12-12T10:33:15Z
dc.date.available	2008-12-12T10:33:15Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.description	This item was scanned with a HP 4850 Scanjet at 300 dpi and consists of 9 pages.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Tea was first used as medicine during the reign of "Emperor Shengnong" in ancient China. The period of more than 4000 years' of Chinese tea medication can be divided in 3 stages of development. In this paper we briefly discuss the history of medicinal uses of tea in China, review the stages of development, and focus upon the modern achievements. The trend and future direction in tea medical study in China are also briefly discussed.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Yong-xing, ZHU & Li, S, 2006, 'History and Prospect of Tea Medicine in China', International Journal of Tea Science volume 5, issue 3&4, pp. 19-27	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0972-544X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8367
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	International Society of Tea Science (ISTS)	en_US
dc.rights	International Society of Tea Science (ISTS)	en_US
dc.subject	Tea	en_US
dc.subject	Camellia sinensis	en_US
dc.subject	Tea medicine	en_US
dc.subject	Health maintenance	en_US
dc.subject	History of development as medicine	en_US
dc.subject	Achievements in medicinal uses	en_US
dc.subject	China	en_US
dc.title	History and prospect of tea medicine in China	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US