Discussion on Relationship between Traditional Chinese medicinal material Resources and Ecological Garden Construction

Traditional Chinese medicine has been followed increasingly with interest in the worldwide by the introduction of acupuncture to America and European countries in 1970s. Now medicinal plants and animals which being the main resources of traditional Chinese medicine have been widely used. In ancient China, medicinal plants and animals were utilized perfectly in garden construction. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, the major active ingredients especially volatile ones in medicinal plants and animals would do well for human health. The gardens get more and more perfect by using suitable animals and plants in landscape design. In this paper, many kinds of resources of traditional Chinese medicinal materials together with medicinal plants and animals configuration in garden design were discussed and some successful cases, such as Urban Agricultural Landscape and the Yongnin Park in Taizhou, were also given and analyzed. Accordingly, it drew good experience from those cases and the role of resources of traditional Chinese medicinal materials which bringing beautiful and green life, preventing diseases and taking care of health should be thought highly on the construction of ecological garden. This is why the praiseworthy value of classical Chinese garden lies in the vitality begins to show not at the initial construction stage but with time goes on.

Author(s): Yan Zheng and Jie Gong

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