中医方药剂量离不开计量,研究《伤寒论》本源剂量,必须梳理中国医用度量衡的发展历史。中国古代度量衡的量值,总体看来在逐渐增大。随着度量衡的发展,秦汉以后医用度量衡出现了较大变化。后世应用经方多进行剂量折算,然折算标准不一,造成经方本源剂量的迷失。
To study original dosage of the classical prescriptions, it is necessary to discuss development of metrology in Tra ditional Chinese Medieine(TCM). Generally, with the development of history, the quantity of metrology in TCM was in creased. It had an obviously change of metrology in TCM after Qin and Hart dynasty. Because of different standards of cal culation, the original dosage of the classical prescriptions had lost.