[On the Arabian imperial medicine--wu ming yi]

Wu ming yi was an Arabian medicine imported into China during the 10th century, which was introduced over briefly by the ancient works of the traditional Chinese medicine. according to the pronunciation contrast between the Arabic and Chinese languages, as well as the records in the Arabian medical documents, this thesis points out "wu ming yi" was the transliteration of "mummy" from the Arabic. "Wu ming yi" was a kind of organic mineral produced in Egypt and Yemen, which was the anticorrosive paint for making dry corpses (mummy), hence the tille "mummy". The form and properties, the medical treatment and the way to extract "mummy" told by the Arabian books conformed to the character of "wu ming yi" recorded by the Chinese books.