The Transformation from Haritaki to Chebule:The"Sinicization"of Materia Medica from the Perspective of Sino-Indian Cultural Communication
As a fruit medicine produced in India,Iran and other places,haritaki was taken to China by Hu merchants and Hu monks along the Maritime and Land Silk Road.Absorbed and innovated by the tradi-tional Chinese medicine,haritaki not only became a common prescription for healing and saving people in traditional Chinese medicine,but also integrated into the daily lives of ancient people such as religion,diet and dyeing.As far as the material and cultural connotations are concerned,haritaki has integrated many his-torical,cultural and religious factors,and surpassed the values of medicinal materials themselves,becoming a material and cultural symbol of special significance in the history of the Silk Road and Sino-Indian cultural exchanges.It fully embodies the strong ability of the Chinese excellent traditional culture to absorb and re-new foreign things,and becomes a microcosm of Sino-Indian cultural exchanges.
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