Bencao Gangmu
Compendium of Materia Medica
Book • 1596
Compiled and written by Li Shizhen over 27 years, the Bencao Gangmu is the most complete and comprehensive medical book in the history of traditional Chinese medicine.
It contains 1,892 entries, including 1,160 hand-drawn diagrams and illustrations, and corrects many mistakes in the knowledge of herbs and diseases from earlier works.
The book includes information on pharmaceutics, biology, chemistry, geography, mineralogy, geology, history, and other fields, making it a significant contribution to the development of herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.
It contains 1,892 entries, including 1,160 hand-drawn diagrams and illustrations, and corrects many mistakes in the knowledge of herbs and diseases from earlier works.
The book includes information on pharmaceutics, biology, chemistry, geography, mineralogy, geology, history, and other fields, making it a significant contribution to the development of herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.
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