Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu :: Chinese historical illness terminology. Volume 1 /

The Ben cao gang mu, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518-1593) 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. I...

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Weitere Verfasser: Zhang, Zhibin, 1953- (HerausgeberIn), Unschuld, Paul U. (Paul Ulrich), 1943- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
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Zusammenfassung:The Ben cao gang mu, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518-1593) 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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780520959651
0520959655
1322394202
9781322394206

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