食物、药物和景物：鱼腥草在传统中国的利用-《中国农史》

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Title:: Food, Drug and Landscape: Shaping the History of Houttuynia cordata Thunb in Traditional China

Author(s):: HONG Wei; （School of Humanities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240；Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology，Yale University）

摘要:: 本文从历史角度分析了鱼腥草在人们心中地位的变迁史。它经历了兴盛、衰退和再次被关注的过程。它的兴盛与越王相关；衰退与脚气病的流行相关，因为医家认为它对人体具有较大的副作用，尤其不利于脚；再次被关注则与它的景观价值和中医团体抗辩废除中医之举相关。由此可见，鱼腥草的历史丰富了人类饮食、医疗和景观文化的内容，但它在传统中国的地位并没有今日这般炙手可热。

Abstract:: This article rethinks the relationship between Houttuynia cordite Thunb and humans. It shows the connections among humans, foods and diseases and how these relationships shaped the history of the plant. This plant first became known because it was consumed and enjoyed by King Yue. Chinese traditional medici- ne treated it as a drug, and thought that consumption of Houttuynia must be prohibited to some extent. It was perceived to be especially harmful to patients with beriberi. Since then only struggling families ate the plant, and the majority of the population dismissed it as a weed. Houttuynia became popular once again in the Republic of China because of its high landscape value and pharmacodynamics. The history of Houttuynia is diversity, including food civilization, drug and landscape culture, but it was far less popular than it is today.