Abstract:

The Medical mineralogy as an intersectant and marginal science of medicine and geology is an important field of medical mineral. But in recent years, the development of Medical mineralogy in China was staggering and slow. This paper describes the contents of the Medical mineralogy and analyzes the current development of Medical mineralogy, summarizes the reasons of the predicament including complicated multi-subjects, difficult applied fields, training gap, a weak support of state, and difference of R&D system. According to these reasons, the paper presents approaches to development of Medical mineralogy: enhance state’s support, cultivate the compound talents, strengthen the academic exchanges, and promote the cognition of traditional Chinese medicine. This paper suggests developing the medical mineral resources as an industry, which drives an active study in the medical mineralogy. 

Key words: medical mineralogy, development, approaches

摘要：

药用矿物学是地质矿产学与医药学交叉产生的一门边缘学科，也是药用矿物研究的重要领域，但是近几年，药用矿物学发展缓慢。介绍了药用矿物学的研究内容，分析了当前药用矿物学的发展现状，归纳了药用矿物学发展缓慢的原因：涉及学科领域复杂，应用研究难度大，人才培养脱节，国家投入与支持不够，中西医研发评价体系差异等。针对这些原因，提出了加强药用矿物学发展的对策建议：加大国家支持力度，培养复合型人才；加强学科交流与建设；弘扬中医中药学等建议，并提出将药用矿产资源的发展产业化，带动学科研究发展是推动药用矿物学发展的根本方法。

关键词: 药用矿物, 发展, 对策建议