[Evidential research on the source of term "wine"].

During Shang Dynasty, there appeared the wine(Chinese:酒剂, Jiuji), a clarified liquid preparation extracted from crude medicine with distilled liquor.The had many alternative names in history.In Yuan Dynasty, the connotation of wine was completely same as its modern meaning. It was as a specific term of drug types during the Republic of China. In Chinese Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Subject Headings, the wine became a formal subject term. In Chinese Terms in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, wine was issued as a standardized name, which considered to be consistent, scientific and concise under scientific naming rules. Key words: Wine; Jiuli; Medicinal liquor