Chinese Incense Culture (香学)
Tang Dynasty · Valuable Prescriptions for Emergency and the Import of Aromatic Medicines
Tang people blended foreign prescriptions, and aromatic medicines flourished greatly along the Silk Road.
Tang Dynasty · Valuable Prescriptions for Emergency and the Import of Aromatic Medicines
Sun Simiao's Valuable Prescriptions for Emergency
Suhexiang Pills (opening the orifices and warming for free flow), Zixue Dan (clearing heat and calming fright), and Anxixiang Pills all take aromatic medicines as the sovereign ingredient, treating stroke and epilepsy.
Import of Aromatic Medicines
Frankincense, myrrh, borneol, and storax from Persia and the Arab Empire entered Tang via the maritime and overland Silk Roads; a 'Treasury of Aromatic Medicines' was established, and the Aromatic Medicines Bureau took initial shape.