AMCMRAdvances in Modern Chinese Medicine Research3068-06383068-0646Art and Technology10.61369/AMCMR.202603008ArticleEvolution of the Xulao (Consumptive Disease) Diagnostic–Therapeutic System in the Tang—Song Dynasties and Its Impact on the Development of Chinese Materia Medicahttps://artdesignp.com/journal/AMCMR/2/3/10.61369/AMCMR.202603008ZhangHaodong,WangHao2026232026-09-20Xulao (consumptive disease) constitutes a major category among the internal damage and miscellaneous disorders in Chinese medicine. The Tang and Song dynasties witnessed an increasing refinement of medical and pharmaceutical theories, together with a vibrant expansion of medicinal practice, which fostered a genuinely comprehensive deepening of the understanding of xulao. This paper examines how the evolving diagnostic and therapeutic system for xulao during the Tang–Song period shaped the development of its associated materia medica. It argues that a core framework of pattern differentiation and treatment for this disease was successfully constructed in that era, essentially completing the crucial leap of its materia medica foundations from empirical accumulation to theoretical systematization. This achievement exerted a profound and enduring influence on the later diagnosis, treatment, and pharmaceutical development of xulao.Tang and Song dynasties,Consumptive disease (xulao),Materia medica,Evolution of therapeutic effects

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