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 |