{Reference Type}: English Abstract {Title}: [History and application of foreign medicinal resources serving healthcare industry]. {Author}: Liu DK;Jia XB;Ma WK;Wang L;Li ZY;Feng L; {Journal}: Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi {Volume}: 47 {Issue}: 24 {Year}: Dec 2022 暂无{DOI}: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20220620.601 {Abstract}: Foreign medicinal resources have always been an important part of Chinese medicine and have made great contributions to the development of the Chinese medical and health industry. Since the opening of the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, foreign medicinal resources have been introduced for different purposes, some of which have become Chinese medicine in clinical practice and are still in use today.Today, foreign medicinal resources also serve the Big Health industry in China. They are introduced and applied to the fields in the Big Health industry, such as food, cosmetics, health products, decoction pieces, and daily chemical products. With the integration and development of the "Healthy China" initiative, more foreign resources will enter the Big Health industry. This paper retrospectedthe history of foreign medicinal resources serving the ancient medical and health industry, reviewedits current development under the Big Health industry, summarizedthe experience of foreign medicinal resources serving the ancient medical and health industry, as well as the development and problems of new foreign medicinal resources, and put forward some suggestions to provide ideas for the development and application of foreign medicinal resources under the Big Health industry.