The Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) is a monumental work in traditional Chinese pharmacology. It is a comprehensive compilation with a total of 52 volumes and nearly 1.9 million words documenting 1,892 medicinal substances and is hailed as the “Encyclopedia of Ancient China”. The original manuscript of the Compendium of Materia Medica is currently … Read more
Issue No. 1784 In May 2011, the Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon) from the Yuan Gu Lin Shu Tang edition and the Ming Dynasty edition of the Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) by Hu Chenglong, housed in the library of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, were selected for the UNESCO Memory … Read more
Ben Cao Gang Mu (Compendium of Materia Medica) is a monumental work in the history of Chinese herbal medicine, preserving a vast amount of lost herbal literature and serving as an important reference for future studies in TCM literature. It also improved traditional drug classification methods, making significant contributions to the advancement of natural sciences … Read more
The Compendium of Materia Medica – Inner Pages Selection Date: 2011 Country of Application: China Storage Location: Library of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences The Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) is an encyclopedic classic of Chinese herbal medicine, completed by the renowned Ming dynasty physician Li Shizhen after 27 years of work. … Read more
Exploring the Millennia of Wisdom in Traditional Chinese Medicine — The Compendium of Materia Medica There is a book that has been cited multiple times by Darwin in his works such as On the Origin of Species, and praised as the “Encyclopedia of Ancient China”. It has been evaluated by the renowned British historian of … Read more
The Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu), a pharmacological work, consists of fifty-two volumes, authored by Li Shizhen during the Ming Dynasty, published in 1590. The entire book contains over 1.9 million words, documenting 1,892 types of medicinal substances, compiling 11,096 medical prescriptions, and featuring 1,160 exquisite illustrations, categorized into 16 sections and 60 categories. … Read more
The Compendium of Materia Medica Documentary (Video source: Tencent) The Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) is a comprehensive work on ancient Chinese materia medica and is a monumental text in the field of pharmacology with global influence. This book consists of 52 volumes, documenting 1892 types of medicinal substances, categorized into 16 sections and … Read more
Compendium of Materia Medica Compendium of Materia Medica was published in the 24th year of Wanli (1596) in the Ming Dynasty in China. The author is Li Shizhen (1518-1593). He was still revising the manuscripts himself with illness in his later days. It seemed that he could not see it during his lifetime. By the … Read more
If a person can cultivate caution and not allow evil winds to invade the jingluo (meridians); maintain balance in the jingluo, and not let it flow into the zangfu (organs), then treat it; if the limbs feel heavy and stagnant, then apply dao yin (guiding exercises), tuna (breath regulation), acupuncture, and gāo mó (medicated ointment … Read more
For listeners who enjoy audiobooks, you can click below to listen to the audio. 1. The question is asked: What does it mean for a skilled practitioner to treat diseases before they manifest? The master replies: To treat diseases before they manifest means to recognize liver diseases, understand that the liver transmits to the spleen, … Read more