中药与传统中国画颜料关系初探

依据传统中医古籍记载，发现国画颜料里面的矿物质色（石色）、植物质色（水色）中，有很大一部分的制作原料都是可以用来入药的中药材。因此，应提倡和鼓励绘画者利用中草药制作传统中国画颜料，去了解各种材料的性能，去修身养性。这还可有效推动农村经济及文化市场的发展。

On the Relationship between Herbal Medicine and Traditional Chinese Painting

More serious situation is in nowadays painting. According to recordation of bryophytes in Chinese medicinal ancient books and by analyzing GSP of Chinese painting pigment, we find a large portion of botanical source in mineral color （stone color） and planting material color （water color）, which can use in Chinese traditional medicine for inheriting and developing traditional culture. In the maelstrom advocating scientific outlook on development, we call for and encourage painters using Chinese herbal medicine to make Chinese painting pigment, understand the performance of various materials and cultivate the mind. This can promote the development of rural economics and cultural market. More importantly, this can make traditional culture return.