Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu, Volume 1: Chinese

Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu, Volume 1: Chinese Historical Illness Terminology (Ben Cao Gang Mu Dictionary Project)

The Ben cao gang mu, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518â€“1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. Its description of almost 1,900 pharmaceutically used natural and man-made substances marks the apex of the development of premodern Chinese pharmaceutical knowledge. The Ben cao gang mu dictionary offers access to this impressive work of 1,600,000 characters. This first book in a three-volume series analyzes the meaning of 4,500 historical illness terms.
Country USA
Brand University of California Press
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2014-12-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780520283954

Country	USA
Brand	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2014-12-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780520283954

Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu, Volume 1: Chinese Historical Illness Terminology (Ben Cao Gang Mu Dictionary Project)